PLENARY SESSION 5
Hot Topics in Medical Laboratory Immunology
Chairs: Barbara Detrick, Ph.D., Ronald J. Harbeck, Ph.D.
8:30 New Developments in Targeting TNF-alpha and Other Cytokines in Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases
Bharat B. Aggarwal, Ph.D., University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
9:15 Advances in Autoantibody Detection as Potential Biomarkers in Type 1 Diabetes
George S. Eisenbarth, M.D., Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver
10:00 Break
10:30 Can we Make Vaccines Against Cancer?
Gary Koski, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic
11:15 The Fluid Phase Biopsy: Detection of High Definition Circulating Tumor Cells (HD-CTCs) in Cancer Patients
Dena Christine Marrinucci, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute