Meet the Team: Introducing your immune system
The first evening of the three-part series will introduce you to your immune system – what it is, what it does, and how and why it’s central to keeping you alive and well!
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Michael Dwinell, PhD Anna Huppler, MD
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Using Different Playbooks: When immune responses go wrong
The second evening of the series explains what happens when the immune system goes rogue. This evening’s discussions will cover tolerance, when the immune system does not respond the way it should to an intruder, and autoimmunity, when the immune system attacks things it shouldn’t.
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Bonnie Dittel, PhD James Verbsky, MD, PhD
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Changing the Game: Cancer immunology
The final evening of the series covers how scientists and physicians are using people’s own immune systems to fight disease. This therapy, called immunotherapy, is most advanced in battling Cancer, which will be the focus of this evening’s discussion.
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Bryon Johnson, PhD Jonathan Thompson, MD, MS
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