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Published online November 26, 2007
doi:10.1084/jem.20412fta
The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. 204, No. 12, 2777-
The Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1007 $30.00
© 2007 Bashyam
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 Lewis Thomas and droopy rabbit ears

Hema Bashyam, JEM News Editor

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In 1956, Lewis Thomas discovered that injecting rabbits with a plant protease called papain caused their ears to collapse. This experiment led to the identification of the endogenous proteases that cause the tissue destruction seen in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.


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