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Ellen Vitetta is the director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (also known as “UT Southwestern” is a medical research center in Texas, United States.

Vitetta is an immunologist who does translational (“bench to bedside”) research. Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical Science that covers the study of all aspects of the Immune system in all Organisms It deals with She and her colleagues first described IgD on the surface of murine B cells and she was the co-discoverer of Interleukin-4. Immunoglobulin D ( IgD) is an Antibody isotype that makes up about 1% of Proteins in the Plasma membranes of immature B-lymphocytes The Old World rats and mice, part of the Subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species B cells are Lymphocytes that play a large role in the humoral immune response (as opposed to the cell-mediated immune response, which is governed by Interleukin-4, abbreviated IL-4, is a Cytokine that induces differentiation of naive helper T cells ( Th0 cells to Th2 cells Upon activation by Her group demonstrated that IL-4 was a “switch” factor for Ig on B cells. Over the past two decades, she has developed antibody-based “biological missiles” to destroy cancer cells and cells infected with HIV. Antibodies (also known as immunoglobulins, abbreviated Ig) are Gamma globulin Proteins that are found in Blood or other Bodily These novel therapeutics have been evaluated in tissue culture, in animals and, since 1988, in >300 humans. Tissue culture is the growth of tissues and/or cells separate from the organism In 2001, Dr. Vitetta developed a vaccine against ricin, which has been evaluated in the first clinical trial of such a vaccine. A vaccine is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease Ricin (ˈraɪ sɨn is a Protein Toxin that is extracted from the castor bean ( Ricinus communis)

Vitetta is Professor of Microbiology, Director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center, and holder of both the Sheryle Simmons Patigian Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunobiology and a Distinguished Teaching Chair at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Microbiology (from Greek grc μῑκρος mīkros, "small" grc βίος bios, " Life " and grc -λογία Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical Science that covers the study of all aspects of the Immune system in all Organisms It deals with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (also known as “UT Southwestern” is a medical research center in Texas, United States. She has published close to 500 papers, edited several books, and is a co-inventor on 12 issued patents. She is one of the top 100 most cited biomedical scientists in the world.

Vitetta is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Microbiology. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning The Institute of Medicine (IOM is one of the United States National Academies, and is a not-for-profit non-governmental American organization chartered in 1970 as a part of the United She is a founding member R. Franklin Society. She served as president of the American Association of Immunogists in 1994 and received its Mentoring Award in 2002 and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. In 2006, she was elected to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. She currently serves on the board of advisors of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government. Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA is an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government and supporting candidates who understand science and its applications

Vitetta's former student, Linda Buck, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004. Linda B Buck, PhD, (born January 29, 1947) is an American Biologist best known for her work on the Olfactory system The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute.

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