Never has so much progress been reported in immunology as at this congress. The full impact of new technologies, developed since the late 1970s, has come to fruition: gene isolation, mutation, transfection and expression, protein structure and peptide synthesis, cell cloning, hybridization and monoclonal antibodies, CD serology, SCID and transgenic mice, modern immunomudulation and vaccines. An overwhelming mass of data has accumulated over the last years. The reports are up-to-date and outstanding, to a degree no journal will ever achieve, and the results are presented in a concise and lucid way. This report will serve as a guideline for generations of immunologists to come. Hundreds of new alleys have been opened, an abundance of research tools and goals are pointed to. This volume is a treasure trove of explorations ahead of our time - it is exciting reading. This progress report presents outstanding contributions, worth many prizes - a feature which is unusual for proceedings volumes. Immunology is exhibited at its best: an exciting research area and a rewarding subject to study for the benefit of mankind - today more than ever!
Editors and Affiliations
Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland
Fritz Melchers,
H. Boehmer,
L. Pasquier
Labor für Immungenetik, Kinderpoliklinik der Universität, München 2, Germany
E. D. Albert
Institut für Hygiene, Universität Innsbruck und Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für AIDS-Forschung, Innsbruck, Austria
M. P. Dierich
Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany
K. Eichmann
Med.Zentrum für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Institut für Immunologie, Marburg, Germany
D. Gemsa
Abteilung Immunologie, Zentrum Hygiene und Humangenetik, Göttingen, Germany
O. Götze
Institut und Poliklinik für klinische Immunologie und Rheumatologie, Erlangen, Germany
J. R. Kalden
Abt.Med.Mikrobiologie und Immunologie der Universität, Ulm/Donau, Germany
S. H. E. Kaufmann
Institut für Immunologie Transfusionsmedizin, Lübeck 1, Germany
Institut für Immunologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München 2, Germany
G. Riethmüller
Institut für Virologie und Immunbiologie, Würzburg, Germany
A. Schimpl
Zentrum für Dermatologie Institut für Experimentelle Dermatologie, Münster, Germany
C. Sorg
F.Hoffmann-La Roche Co Ltd, ZFE, Basel, Switzerland
M. Steinmetz
Inst. für Med. Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, TU München Klinikum rechts der Isar, München 80, Germany
H. Wagner
Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität München, München 2, Germany
H. G. Zachau
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Progress in Immunology
Book Subtitle: Vol. VII: Proceedings of the 7th International Congress Immunology Berlin 1989
Editors: Fritz Melchers, E. D. Albert, H. Boehmer, M. P. Dierich, L. Pasquier, K. Eichmann, D. Gemsa, O. Götze, J. R. Kalden, S. H. E. Kaufmann, H. Kirchner, K. Resch, G. Riethmüller, A. Schimpl, C. Sorg, M. Steinmetz, H. Wagner, … H. G. Zachau