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Bruce Alan Beutler (/ ˈ b ɔɪ t l ər / BOYT-lər; born December 29, 1957) is an American immunologist and geneticist. Together with Jules A. Hoffmann, he received one-half of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for "discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity."
Bruce Beutler, MD, discovered an important family of receptors that allow mammals to sense infections when they occur, triggering a powerful inflammatory response. For this work he received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
May 6, 2024 · Bruce A. Beutler is an 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.”
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Bruce A. Beutler,Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern), was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize was shared by three immunologists. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann were awarded half for their work in innate immunity, and Ralph Steinman (AAI '75) was aw...
Member, Institute of Medicine, 2008Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2008Gran Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer of the French Académie des Sciences, 2006University of Texas Southwestern faculty pageNobel Prize biographyThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 was divided, one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity"
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Jul 15, 2013 · Open in viewer. Beutler received the prize for his discovery of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, the first-known mammalian receptor protein of the innate immune system. Beutler discovered the process by which mammals, including humans, detect invading microbes, a crucial initial step in mounting an immune response.
