Ruth Arnon

Ruth Arnon (Hebrew: רות ארנון [ʁut aʁ'non], born June 1, 1933) is an Israeli biochemist and academic. She helped discover the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. She is the Paul Ehrlich Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science. She is known for her anti-cancer and influenza vaccinations research.Could the flu become history? An Israeli vaccine may do just that, Haaretz Her doctoral advisor was Michael Sela. She won a Wolf Prize in 1998.

Arnon was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She studied at Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Ruth Arnon, Jewish Women's Archives

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Homepage at the Weizmann Institute

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