Introduction to the Proceedings of the 12Th Germinal Centre Conference — Thirty Years of Germinal Centre Conferences
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Introduction to the Proceedings of the 12Th Germinal Centre Conference — Thirty Years of Germinal Centre Conferences
"In Vivo Veritas": Under this motto, the twelfth socalled Germinal Centre Conference was held in Graz, Austria, July 1 to 5, 1996, with Prof. Konrad Schauenstein chairing the organizing committee, with the assistance of Dr. Richard Boyd (Australia). Despite the progress that is being made using in vitro models, some immunologists believe that "the proof of the pudding is in the eating", that is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Immunology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1044-6672
DOI: 10.1155/1998/63809