If we think of the immune system as a machine, then we are far from even knowing all of its parts.
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Bruce Beutler
These are some quotes by American author Bruce Beutler Scientist, who was born on December 29, 1957.
Quotes by Bruce Beutler
Autoimmunity is probably the next frontier. The majority of cases of autoimmune disease result from a complex genetic problem that has environmental influences. It is a colossal task for the immune system to maintain tolerance to self and yet be ready to react to everything in the world around us.
Bruce Beutler
A mutation can create an alternative form of a phenomenon - a phenotype or trait - and we can learn a lot by seeing this alternative state. Once I saw a mouse with no eyelids. It simply had a membrane over the eyes. I found it fascinating that there is a single gene required for eyelids to develop.
