Birthdate: December 29, 1957
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bruce Alan Beutler is an American immunologist and geneticist renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in innate immunity. In collaboration with Jules A. Hoffmann, he received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for identifying the receptor for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and its role in immune activation. Beutler’s research on Toll-like receptors transformed the understanding of how the innate immune system recognizes infectious microbes. He currently serves as Regental Professor and Director of the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
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