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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011
Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ralph M. Steinman

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011

Bruce A. Beutler
© The Nobel Foundation Photo: U. Montan

Bruce A. Beutler

Jules A. Hoffmann
© The Nobel Foundation Photo: U. Montan

Jules A. Hoffmann

Ralph M. Steinman
Photo: The Rockefeller University

Ralph M. Steinman

The 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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