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- noun The study of the interrelation between immunity to disease and genetic makeup.
- noun The branch of immunology that deals with the molecular and genetic bases of the immune response.
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- noun immunology, genetics The study of the
genetic basis for theimmune response , and of the relationships betweengenetics andimmunity from disease
Etymologies
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The next decade saw several additional recruitments: Thomas Mandel initiated electron microscopy and, later, transplantation biology; Noel Warner established a strong base in immunogenetics; Ken Shortman succeeded Gordon Ada and established a new tradition in cell separation; Jerry Adams and Suzanne Cory introduced molecular biology, initially to investigate antibody production and later to study the origins of cancer; Graham Mitchell initiated a vigorous program in immunoparasitology, focussed on schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis and malaria.
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Such a laboratory offered very attractive facilities and precious inbred guinea pig strains essential to my work in immunogenetics.
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The analysis of the H-2 system by Snell became a monumental masterpiece in mammalian genetics that has laid the foundations of a new science: transplantation immunology and immunogenetics.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980 - Presentation Speech 1992
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Since that time, he has retained a constant interest in the immunogenetics of blood cells.
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His training and principal area of research has been in quantitative genetics, but by about 1960 his interests shifted to immunogenetics and more recently to molecular genetics.
Chapter 11 1991
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The transplantation immunologist Professor Leslie Brent said: "He was undoubtedly one of the important figures in the field of immunogenetics, and a great intellect."
The Guardian World News Caroline Richmond 2011
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At this time he started the immunogenetics research that led to his Nobel prize.
The Guardian World News Caroline Richmond 2011
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Cookson W (2004) The immunogenetics of asthma and eczema: a new focus on the epithelium.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alexis Dumortier et al. 2010
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Sato A, Nikolaidis N (2007) MHC, TSP, and the origin of species: from immunogenetics to evolutionary genetics.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mariana M. Hecht et al. 2010
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Additionally, we analyze a dataset in HIV immunogenetics to demonstrate the results of the two strategies on real data.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Stacey Winham 2010
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