On March 6, the French winner of 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann received the invitation from Infinitus (China) Co., Ltd. and began to serve as a Science Consultant of the company. Both parties will promote the transformation of basic immunological research into application of health products based on Chinese herbal medicine, so as to provide consumers with health products with better effects.
 
French Winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Professor Jules A. Hoffmann
Increasing studies show that a lot of Chinese herbal medicine and its chemical components have distinctive immunoregulatory activity. For example, polysaccharide extracted from Chinese herbal medicine can activate through TLR the important immune cells from the innate immune system – dendritic cell and macrophage, and thus activate the innate immune system of the organism and regulate the adaptive immune system, showing multiple biological activities, such as anti-infection, anti-tumor, anti-inflammation, anti-aging, etc.
 
Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann was once elected as a member of academy of sciences of several countries such as America, France, Germany, Russia, etc., and he discovered Toll-like receptors where are of vital importance to innate immunization. This revolutionary discovery provided a basis for the understanding of the innate immunization activating the adaptive immunization and found a new path for the prevention and treatment of major diseases relevant to immunization. Hence, Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
 
The team led by Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann is subordinate to the supreme scientific research institute of France – French Academy of Science. The team is a strong performer in the research of the innate immune system, mainly studying the innate immune resistance and recovery mechanism during the process of fungal and virus infection and paying attention to the study of transformation from model organism to human body and its application.
Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann found in studies that, China has a history of Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years, and the fast development of the modern immunology theory and technology in recent years also provides a technological and methodological reference for the modern immunopharmacology research of Chinese herbal medicine. Serving as an eminent expert of the research area of immunization, Prof. Jules A. Hoffmann showed to the reporter: nowadays, Chinese herbal medicine’s effect is attracting increasing attention, and the important role of herbal medicine in regulating the immune system has drawn the interests of the global academic circles.