Michael Sela
מיכאל סלע
Michael Sela
Born	Mieczysław Salomonowicz (1924-03-02)2 March 1924 Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Died	27 May 2022 (aged 98)
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	immunologist
Known for	Research inimmunology President of theWeizmann Institute of Science
Title	W. Garfield Weston Professor of Immunology at theWeizmann Institute of Science
Awards	TheIsrael Prize in Life Sciences (1959) Germany'sOtto Warburg Medal (1968) TheRothschild Prize (1968) Canada'sGairdner Foundation International Award (1980) Germany's Commander's Cross of theOrder of Merit Award (1986) France's Officier de l'Ordre de laLégion d'honneur (1987) Interbrew-Baillet Latour Health Prize of Belgium (1997) TheWolf Prize in Medicine (1998)

Michael Sela (Hebrew:מיכאל סלע;Mieczysław Salomonowicz; 2 March 1924 – 27 May 2022) was a Polish-born Israeliimmunologist. He was the W. Garfield Weston Professor of Immunology at theWeizmann Institute of Science inRehovot.^[1] He was the president of theWeizmann Institute of Science from 1975 until 1985.^[2] He was probably best known as the co-developer (withRuth Arnon andDvora Teitelbaum) of themultiple sclerosis drugcopaxone.

Sela died on 27 May 2022 at the age of 98.^[3]

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