Nobel Prize in medicine shared for work in immunology

The trio, from 바카라사이트 US, Canada and Luxembourg, are 바카라사이트 first of this year��s Nobel winners, and responsible for discovering key principles for 바카라사이트 activation of 바카라사이트 immune system.

Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann were named as joint winners today for 바카라사이트ir discoveries in 바카라사이트 field of innate immunity, while Ralph M. Steinman, who died on 30 September, was named as 바카라사이트 third laureate for his discovery of 바카라사이트 dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.

Professor Beutler, who is from 바카라사이트 US, is professor of genetics and immunology at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla; Dr Hoffmann, who is from Luxembourg, spent much of his career at 바카라사이트 University of Strasbourg and is a former president of 바카라사이트 French National Academy of Sciences; and Professor Steinman, who was Canadian, was professor of immunology at Rockefeller University in New York.

All three winners were highlighted as contenders in 바카라사이트 recent Nobel Prize predictions compiled by Thomson Reuters analyst David Pendlebury.

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