title: The origins and early years of IUIS.
abstract: The International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) was born of the global linkages between scientists involved in an exciting intellectual journey of discovery and search for a conceptual framework for regulation, specificity and memory of the immune response. Starting in the 1950s, a dozen of us discussed the need for an international organization; we founded it in 1969.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Canada M5S.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cinader
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D001530:Belgium; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration