title: Proceedings of a symposium on "Immunosenescence--A major cause of disease in the elderly: from molecules to patients": summary.
abstract: Age-dependent immunological alterations are responsible for a large number of diseases in the elderly. It was the aim of a Symposium held in Kühtai, Austria, from December 3-5, 1998, to bring together basic scientists, clinicians, and representatives of pharmaceutical companies to discuss immunosenescence and its consequences. Strategies were worked out for applying recent research results to the prevention and treatment of diseases in the aged and for organizing collaborations between teams throughout Europe within the 5th EU Framework Programme.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biomedical Aging Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck. Beatrix.Grubeck@oeaw.ac.at
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grubeck-Loebenstein
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007391:International Cooperation; D012106:Research