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… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
In college, I had an early introduction to classical genetics from Professor Dan Lindsley, also an extraordinary teacher who influenced me greatly. — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
Science is far from the center of the world for most people: even for many with highly sophisticated tastes, interests, and accomplishments. — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
Autoimmunity is probably the next frontier. The majority of cases of autoimmune disease result from a complex genetic problem that has environmental influences. It… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
I felt I ought not to be wasting time, and I hurried to graduate from high school to enroll at UCSD. I also hurried… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
The nicest part of the prize, perhaps, is the effect on my friends and family. Each of them feels proud and happy to have… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
If you really want to isolate a disease, then you have to isolate the people who carry it. — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
If we think of the immune system as a machine, then we are far from even knowing all of its parts. — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
People may have said that without symptoms, you can't transmit Ebola. I'm not sure about that being 100 percent true. There's a lot of… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
A mutation can create an alternative form of a phenomenon - a phenotype or trait - and we can learn a lot by seeing… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
Chance leads to discoveries, and mutagenesis is a way to enhance one's chances of finding a surprise. Often it is the exceptional observations that… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
My idea right from the beginning, I guess, was to dismantle the immune system one gene at a time so we could track the… — Bruce Beutler Copy Share Image
