New developments in primary immunodeficiencies: Report on the 2006 CIS Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Consortium Conference, June 1, 2006

摘要

The CIS Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Consortium Conference was held in association with FOCIS recently in San Francisco. This unique forum was chaired by Charlotte Cunninham-Rundles and was sponsored by Talecris, ZLB Behring, The Immune Deficiency Foundation, The Jeffrey Model! Foundation, Baxter and the NIH. The purpose of the CIS Consortium Conference was to provide an opportunity for scientists and physicians working on primary immunodeficiencies to come together for discussion and collaboration on management, diagnosis and molecular processes related to primary immunodeficiencies. The CIS Consortium Conference was clearly a success, with 140 participants. All levels of training and experience were represented with a large contingent of physicians and scientists from abroad. Australia, Italy and Brazil were particularly well represented along with a strong group of Immunologists from the United States.