The first in Broad’s MIdsummer Nights’ Science events. Go for no other reason than to check out the DNArium. (Last year they had carrot cake too.)
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Nir Hacohen, a faculty member at the Broad Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, will kick off the series on July 6 with a talk inspired by the intricacies and promise of the immune system. “The immune system gets involved in every situation where there is infection or injury in the body,” says Nir. In addition to fending off infections, the immune system plays a critical role in wound healing and is the source of allergies. The immune system even plays a role in neurological diseases and heart disease.
Wednesday, July 6th, 6-7pm
An Immune System Primer: Vaccines, allergies, and immune-related disease
Nir Hacohen, Ph.D.
What has your immune system done, or not done, for you lately? Why do some people get sick when a bug is going around, while others do not? How do vaccines, allergies, and autoimmune diseases relate to the immune system? Nir Hacohen will answer these questions and more in this Immune System Primer. He will reveal how the immune system can improve our lives, but also in which ways we still need to move forward in curing the countless immune-related disorders that are common throughout the world.
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