Bruce Beutler

Geneticist

Birthday December 29, 1957

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Illinois

Age 66 years old

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About

Geneticist who received the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

Before Fame

He received his M.D. degree from the University of Chicago when he was 23.

Trivia

He worked as an Assistant Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Family Life

He has three children with his former wife Barbara Lanzl.

Associated With

He and chemist Dudley R. Herschbach both became recipients of the Nobel Prize.