title: How immunology was won in Hungary.
abstract: To mark the occasion of the 8th International Congress of Immunology, this special issue surveys the latest findings from Hungarian immunology. Here, János Gergely, president of the Congress, traces the origins and development of immunology in Hungary and describes the joys and sorrows of being an immunologist in Hungary today.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gergely
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006814:Hungary