Tuberculosis: Biology, Pathology and Therapy Organizer(s): JoAnne L. Flynn, David G. Russell and Thomas N.A. Dick Date: January 25 - 30, 2009
Location: Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, USATuberculosis kills 2 million people per year worldwide. Although great strides have been made in the past decade in understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the complexity of the disease necessitates a multi-pronged approach. Translating insights related to host-pathogen interplay and bacterial physiology into treatments is complex, requiring academics and industrial scientists to come together in new and creative ways. In humans the infection is persistent and chronic, yet reactivates into fulminating progressive disease. This, and the shortage of appropriate animal models, form major obstacles to identifying factors that determine disease progression and the extensive pathology associated with transmission. This meeting will focus on basic mechanisms of pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and how the balance of control of infection within the granuloma is influenced by host and bacterial factors. We will also focus on translating basic mechanistic findings to the development of therapies, and a workshop highlighting academic-industrial partnerships is planned. Global Health Travel Award Deadline: August 25 2008 Scholarship Deadline: September 29 2008 Discounted Abstract Deadline: September 29 2008 Abstract Deadline: October 29 2008 Discounted Registration Deadline: November 25 2008 We gratefully acknowledge additional in-kind support for this conference from those foregoing speaker expense reimbursements:
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