Tuesday, February 5, 2008

WEBCASTS of 9th International Immunology of Diabetes Society Congress and ADA Research Symposium

Visit the linked website to view webcasts of the workshops and lecture presentations which were held at the conference on November 14-18, 2007 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Florida. In addition to original research presented during poster sessions.
The following topics are some of which were addressed at the conference: autoantibody markers for type 1 diabetes; cellular immune markers for type 1 diabetes; animal models of type 1 diabetes; the pancreas in type 1 diabetes; genetics of type 1 diabetes; the role of toll-like receptors and innate immunity in type 1 diabetes; cell-based therapies for type 1 diabetes; environmental and mechanistic causes of type 1 diabetes; mechanisms of beta-cell death; role of the immune response in type 1 diabetes; and islet transplantation.