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Courses
Basic Immunology in Medicine: Update 2008 - $150
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Boston Marriott Copley Place
This course was launched in 2002 because of the realization that the rapid pace of research is leading to fundamental advances in the understanding of immune responses and their abnormalities. Staying abreast of these advances is essential for practitioners of medicine and for researchers in academia and industry. As new immunotherapeutic strategies are being developed and adopted, it is becoming important to understand the rationale behind these therapies, and this also requires an appreciation of the fundamentals of immunology. This brief course is designed to provide a sophisticated review of selected basic principles, and update on new advances, especially those that are most relevant to human disease.
Course materials include a syllabus book and electronic access to slides that will assist attendees in following the lectures and participating in the discussions. In addition, the attendees may be able to use these slides as a basis for their own teaching and lecturing needs.
More information regarding registration for Basic Immunology in Medicine: Update 2008 can be found on the FOCIS 2008 Registration page.
Interventional Immunology Course - $150
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Boston Marriott Copley Place
The Interventional Immunology Course provides education on the many new therapies that are currently available or in development which are based on targets unfamiliar to many practicing physicians. There is potentially great value for, but lack of, cross-disciplinary reviews of these types of therapies.
This course seeks to review the scientific basis for choice of immunogically related therapeutic targets in various diseases, including organ specific and systemic autoimmunity, allergy, transplant rejection, cancer, and HIV. The goal is to help understand the rationale and mechanism underlying the major pharmacologic approaches for interventional immunology in current practice and review the track record of the different therapeutic approaches in different specialties.
More information regarding registration for the Interventional Immunology Course can be found on the FOCIS 2008 Registration page.
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