the Puerta de Hierro hosted the International Conference on new trends in immunotherapy. INMUNONET
More than one hundred professionals participated in this meeting.
– coinciding with its 5th meeting, the network of immunotherapy IMMUNONET organized a workshop on new trends in immunotherapy which took place on May 20 in the Auditorium of the University Hospital Puerta de Hierro – Majadahonda.
Spain, 2011-may 20 speakers from Portugal, France and Spain presented the objectives and main lines of its projects and featured the most interesting results of their respective work. The Conference welcomed more than 100 attendees and undoubtedly represented a unique opportunity to share the most relevant advances in the field of immunotherapy.
the network of immunotherapy IMMUNONET is a project approved under the programme of Territorial cooperation area Southwest European (SUDOE-Interreg IV B). Bringing together internationally renowned scientists, has been a stable team of cutting-edge research in immunotherapy in the Southwest zone. The construction and remarkable work of the network from 2009 has been possible thanks to the efforts of its partners and the ever-increasing number of partners, and with the support of the European Regional Development Fund.
network is has been extended gradually since its inception in 2009 to other research centres, hospitals and businesses within the zone SUDOE (France, Spain and Portugal).
the project is structured into a virtual support center where different groups of researchers that cover virtually all areas of immunotherapy share equipment and resources and exchange information with universities, public administrations and private initiatives. The ultimate goal of this network is developing and patenting drugs utility inmunoterapéutica for the treatment of autoimmune, infectious diseases, cancer and begin preclinical and clinical trials.
the training of new researchers is also one of the main priorities of the network.
the Conference international IMMUNONET offered a global perspective of developments in the field of immunotherapy. Scientific commitment and collaboration among participating groups that promote the development of new strategies inmunoterapéuticas for the treatment of various diseases in the future.
