25% Of the world’s population suffers from some kind of allergy.
– took place the IV Congress of the society Catalana of Immunology belonging to the Academy of medical sciences i la Salut de Catalunya i Balears to determine how T lymphocytes centralized mechanisms of allergy, autoimmunity, transplantation, inflammation, anti-infectious response, immunodeficiency and therapies anti-cancer
Barcelona, November 2010- About 25% of the population suffers some kind of allergy. T lymphocytes are the Central cells that regulate the immune response of this pathology, as well as in Autoimmunity (which affects 5 per cent of the population), in immunodeficiencies (between 2% if we take into account the HIV-AIDS infection), organ transplantation, inflammation (on the basis of a host of diseases such as stroke or arteriosclerosis …) and click Options therapeutic anti-cancer.
In this way, the Congress (iv) of the Catalan society of Immunology has focused on defining the mechanisms that these T cells involving determine all these diseases. The Congress 6 invited speakers and about 40 scientific papers have been submitted. It has been the presence of approximately 200 attendees the opportunity to listen to and participate in the latest developments that are taking place on these diseases and their mechanisms that tended.
Information about the Academy
Academy of medical sciences and health in Catalonia and Balearic Islands is an entity founded in 1872, with officially recognized legal personality and which provides a forum and meeting place of professionals in the health of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia and Andorra. It is an independent institution serving the country and is not linked to any official body.
Its purpose is to promote the study and the cultivation of the Sciences of health in all its aspects: human, technical, social and civic, both in its care teaching and research side
It is a lively scientific community, the collective effort that adapts to the needs and scientific circumstances at the time, working in collaboration with other medical, biological and pharmaceutical, domestic and foreign companies, with a constant concern of progress.
It is the most important medical Corporation of our country, by the number of partners, currently there are more than 23,000. It is composed of 76 scientific societies where the professionals of the health sciences are grouped. Annually, the volume of scientific activities undertaken together is greater than 3,000 acts and professionals who exceed the figure of 42,000 people.
Is present in any part of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia and Andorra, through its subsidiaries, and their special characteristics, fruit of the momentum of civil society, can be considered that it is an institution unique in the world.
