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Essential for life in
a world filled with potentially deadly pathogens, the immune
system must constantly adapt to attack microbes and tumor
cells. Yet, at the same time, the components of the immune
system must be highly specific to prevent activation by self-tissue;
such self-activation could cause autoimmune disease. It is
this intricate, and often precarious, balance that makes immunology
such an extrodinarily exciting discipline.
The UC Irvine Center for Immunology bridges
a number of different fields, including molecular biology,
biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, genetics and engineering
to address fundamental questions about immunity. One essential
responsibility of the Center
for Immunology is in the training of the next
generation of immunologists, including postdoctoral fellows,
graduate and undergraduate students.
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http://www.immunology.uci.edu
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