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Immunologist Eli Sercarz dies at 75

LOS ANGELES - Eli E. Sercarz, who explored the mechanisms of autoimmunity and developed key concepts about how the body's immune system attacks its own tissues, died of renal cell cancer Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. He was 75.

"Eli Sercarz was one of the most highly esteemed immunologists in the world," said Dr. Jonathan Braun, chair of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the...

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