Jules Hoffmann

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Jules Hoffmann

French immunologist

Also known as: Jules Alphonse Hoffmann

Written by Kara Rogers

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In full:: Jules Alphonse Hoffmann

Born:: August 2, 1941, Echternach, Luxembourg (age 82)

Awards And Honors:: Nobel Prize (2011)

Subjects Of Study:: Drosophila; immune system; nonspecific immunity

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Jules Hoffmann (born August 2, 1941, Echternach, Luxembourg) French immunologist and corecipient, with American immunologist Bruce A. Beutler and Canadian immunologist and cell biologist Ralph M. Steinman, of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries relating to the activation of innate immunity (the first line of defense against infection) in the fly Drosophila. Hoffmann’s work provided a vital foundation for subsequent breakthroughs in scientists’ understanding of mammalian immunity. Hoffmann received his primary and secondary education in Luxembourg and later moved to France, where he studied biology and chemistry as an undergraduate at the University of Strasbourg ...(100 of 593 words)

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