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Day: October 3, 2011

Nobel Prize 2011: Flies and mice take a bow!

Long-time readers of this blog will not be surprised to hear that animal research has featured prominently in the work for which this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are being honoured- Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann for their for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity,  and … Continue reading Nobel Prize 2011: Flies and mice take a bow!

Posted on October 3, 2011April 14, 2014 by EditorPosted in News, Science NewsTagged adaptive immune system, adaptive immunity, B-cell, Bruce Beutler, Drosophila melanogaster, immune system, Innate immune system, Jules Hoffmann, Lasker prize, nobel prize, Ralph Steinman, T-cell, Toll-like receptor.
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