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Professor Jean-François Bach

Jean-François BACH is Professor of Immunology at Necker Hospital in Paris. He has had a long standing interest in organ transplantation, autoimmune diseases notably insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and systemic lupus erythematosus. His main contributions include the description of E rosettes, the discovery of thymulin, a thymic peptide involved in T cell differentiation, the description and characterization of regulatory T cells in the non-obese diabetic mouse and the first demonstration of the therapeutic effect of cyclosporin A in recently diagnosed diabetic patients.

Professor Bach is also a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Sample of Academician's Research

Thymulin is a nonapeptide produced by two distinct epithelial populations in the thymus. It was discovered by Prof. Bach in 1977.

Researchers hope to develop drugs thwarting inflammatory processes associated with neurodegenerative diseases and even rheumatism with the help of thymulin analogs.
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