Bruce A. Beutler

Nobel Prize lecture

How Mammals Sense Infection: From Endotoxin to the Toll-like Receptors

Bruce A. Beutler delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2011 at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Lars Klareskog, Chairman of the Nobel Assembly.

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Bruce A. Beutler delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2011 at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Lars Klareskog, Chairman of the Nobel Assembly.

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Animation of a complex of LPS, MD-2 and TLR4 rotating in space.
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