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We thank J. Colomb for her contribution to developing the manuscript. We also thank E. Albani, J. Colomb, L. Guidotti, D. Hafler, J. Hafler, M. von Herrath, K. Joiner, E. Muter, M.-G. Roncarolo, N. Rosenblum, V. Seyfert-Margolis and T. Staeva, charter members of the Eureka Institute for Translational Medicine. The Eureka Institute is committed to preparing future leaders in translational medicine along the lines discussed in this article. We also thank M. Lotz and P. Coffer for critically reading the manuscript.

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