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Commentary

Nature Immunology 9, 339–342 (1 April 2008) | doi:10.1038/ni0408-339

Immunology in China: the past, present and future

Xuetao Cao

As an important frontier discipline of the life sciences and medicine, immunology contributes greatly to the understanding of health and disease and is helpful in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human disease. As Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world, China has a long history of immunological research, with Chinese immunologists having made notable achievements in several areas of this field.