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This obituary and tribute to #mensch Barry Bloom is uplifting and beautiful - an extraordinarily complete scientist and person
Thank you @yhgrad.bsky.social and Marc Lipsitch
This link is #FreeToRead via @archive.org
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Nicola Low
“It was Barry who discovered that lymphocytes-not macrophages, as some hypothesized-that carry immune memory. showed that lymphocytes signal to macrophages through a chemical they termed MIF-which, together w/ interferon, were the 1st cytokines discovered” www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/b...
Marc Lipsitch and Yonatan Grad pay tribute to their former colleague and mentor Barry R. Bloom.