Dr. David Farrar, UT Southwestern Medical Center (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. David Farrar, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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Dr. David Farrar (right) led immunology researchers, including student assistants Ann Davis (center) and Hilario Ramos, in demonstrating that the protein interferon plays a key role in "teaching" the immune system how to stave off repeated infections of the same virus.

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