New frontiers in immunology

Frontiers in Immunology – Grand Challenges

As a science, immunology has now matured to the point where the tremendous complexities of the immune system are apparent for the first time. This new awareness of the daunting orchestration of antigen recognition , and the tempo, magnitude, duration, and character of the response, which is controlled by leukocytotrophic hormones, has become possible only within the past 30 years, as a result o...

Frontiers in reproductive immunology – Forum introduction

It has been 50 years since Sir Peter Medawar kindled scientific interest in the unique problem posed by the existence of the fetal allograft within the uterus [1]. The resultant efforts of immunologists and reproductive physiologists to understand the mechanisms by which the conceptus successfully evades rejection by the maternal immune system has led to a richer understanding of the nature of ...

NEW FRONTIERS IN ANGIOGENESIS New Frontiers in Angiogenesis

Frontiers in clinical immunology and immunoregulation 2010: the highlight.

The 10th meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) was held in Boston during 23–27 June 2010. As usual, this conference highlights the greatest advancements in the field of clinical immunology over the previous year. It is especially remarkable since this is the 10th meeting and many programs were set up to celebrate this decade of FOCIS meetings. Two of the FOCIS found...

New frontiers in arrhythmias.

Understanding of the mechanisms responsible for disorders of cardiac rhythm has been increasing rapidly in the past I0 years. A great stimulus to these advances in knowledge has been the recognition in Coronary Care Units of the high mortality associated with some arrhythmias. The principal inroads that have been made into the high mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction who are ...