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Bruce A. Beutler

American immunologist
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In full:
Bruce Alan Beutler
Born:
December 29, 1957, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. (age 66)
Awards And Honors:
Nobel Prize (2011)
Subjects Of Study:
immune system
nonspecific immunity
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Bruce A. Beutler (born December 29, 1957, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) American immunologist and corecipient, with French immunologist Jules A. Hoffmann and Canadian immunologist and cell biologist Ralph M. Steinman, of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his “discoveries concerning the activation of the innate immune system.” The innate immune system is the body’s first line of defense against infection by potential pathogens (disease-causing entities), which include viruses and bacteria. Beutler was raised in Arcadia, California, a small city in Los Angeles county. His father was a scientist and physician and his mother a technical writer. From a ...(100 of 703 words)

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