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Autoimmunity and transplantation: a meeting at the crossroads in Berlin

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Every 2 years, scientists interested in immunomodulation meet to discuss new opportunities arising from interactions between basic science and clinical 'translation'. This report discusses the 8th International Conference on New Trends in Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy, 2008, in Berlin.

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  1. Birgit Sawitzki is with the Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany

    Birgit Sawitzki

  2. Petra Reinke is with the Department of Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care and the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany.,

    Petra Reinke

  3. Hans-Dieter Volk is with the Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany, and the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité–University Medicine Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany.,

    Hans-Dieter Volk

  4. Nuffield Department of Surgery, Kathryn Wood is with the Transplantation Research Immunology Group, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.,

    Kathryn Wood

  5. Laurence A. Turka is in the Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.,

    Laurence A Turka

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