Principle Topics: Parasites, Bacteria and Yeasts, Unwelcome guests
Speaker: Antony Haynes
Location: The Third Space Medical Centre, Soho, London, W1F
Host: Carol Symons
Date: 13-11-2009
Time: 11:00 – 14:30
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Unwelcome Guests Workshop – London
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The immune system is prone to the same grave misfortunes as any defense system handling weapons: collateral damage that comes with the destruction of the enemy on one’s own territory and friendly fire due to mistaken identity. Whereas the collateral damage is the price we pay for clearance of infections, autoimmunity is a pathological process. Nevertheless, the effector mechanisms involved in both processes are the same. Whether environment can be a cause, a trigger or an amplifier of an autoimmune disease are questions that are being intensively investigated.
