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Editor Selections in Immunology

Olivera Finn Sees New Paradigm Emerging in Tumor Immunology

Gives Presidential Address at American Association of Immunologists

Olivera J. Finn, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and President of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), gave the Presidential Address at the AAI conference in San Diego, July 2008. In the talk, “Immunological Weapons Acquired Early in Life Win Battles with Cancer Later in Life, Dr. Finn, spoke of her early work in immunology and the publication in 1989 of her research in discovering the first cancer antigen, a tumor molecule that educes reaction from immune cells. Dr. Finn, a former Dana grantee, said that now she is seeing “a new paradigm emerging in tumor immunology that may have a more general application to our understanding of immunosurveillance of not only cancer, but also viral and bacterial infections.” The Journal of Immunology has kindly allowed the Dana Foundation access to Dr. Finn’s speech.
( Journal of Immunology, volume 181, 2008, pp 1589-1592. Copyright 2008, the American Association of Immunologists, Inc.)

Column

Immune System Acts as Bellwether for Diseases

by Ralph Steinman, M.D.,

Two exciting strands of research promote the use of the immune system in medical prognosis.

News

Immunologist Homes in on Cancer

by Ben Mauk

James P. Allison has spent much of his career making a case for moving immunologists into the mainstream of cancer therapy. Now drugs that spur the immune system to build defenses against cancers are in promising human trials.

Joshua Lederberg Dies; Helped Lay the Foundations for Genetic Engineering

The Times (London) | February 6, 2008

The geneticist and microbiologist Joshua Lederberg was one of the leading scientists of the twentieth century. A pioneer of modern microbiology and immunology, one of the founders of molecular biology, and a leader in the development of biotechnology, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1959 when he was 33.

Free Textbook

The Dana Sourcebook of Immunology

This resource for secondary and post-secondary teachers and students offers an overview of the many advances researchers are making in the study of our immune system. Request a free set for the classroom or view the entire textbook and its accompanying workbook online.

Newsmaker Interview

Rethinking AIDS Prevention

A conversation with Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health

As science takes stock of what went wrong with the most promising HIV vaccine in clinical development, researchers are realizing that “we may have to settle for a less-than-perfect vaccine,” in the words of the nation’s top AIDS expert, and refocus attention on efforts to prevent AIDS, not treat it.

Paving the Way in Human Immunology

by Dan Gordon

Award-recipient Thomas Waldmann's findings demonstrate the possibilities of applying basic research to treat an array of difficult human diseases, from multiple sclerosis to cancer.

A Web of Challenges

The New York Academy of Sciences

A New York Academy of Sciences e-brifing on human immunology and patiet-based research.

Resistance

The Human Struggle Against Infection

by Norbert Gaulde

Translation by Streven Rendall

November 2006

Immunologist Norbert Gualde explores the history of epidemics, the emergence of new diseases and the return of old ones thought conquered.

A Story of Science, A Story of Grief

Cerebrum | July 2006

In Billy’s Halo: Love, Science and My Father’s Death, Ruth McKernan, Ph.D., details the numerous roles she was forced to assume at the end of her father’s life.

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