Proceedings of a Symposium on "Immunosenescence - A major cause of diseasein the elderly: from molecules to patients" - Summary

Age-dependent immunological alterations are responsible for a large number of diseases in the elderly. It was the aim of a Symposium held in Kuhtai, A ustria, from December 3-5, 1998, to bring together basic scientists, clinic ians, and representatives of pharmaceutical companies to discuss immunosene scence and its consequences, Strategies were worked out for applying recent research results to the prevention and treatment of diseases in the aged a nd for organizing collaborations between teams throughout Europe within the 5th EU Framework Programme. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science inc. All rights rese rved.