>>There is a discussion going on in news.groups about the possibility
>>of starting a sci.med.allergy newsgroup that would also include
>>food intolerances such as type III hypersensitivities as well as
>>other areas of the immune system as they might relate to allergies
>>and intolerances.
>>>>I didn't post here originally because I didn't know this group was
>>here.)
> Krista,
I reproduce below the original "charter" of Bionet.immunology.
I see no reason why topics in Allergy could not be added to the list.
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Discussion leader: Donald R. Forsdyke
Department of Biochemistry,
Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L3N6
Topics of interest would be:
Mechanism of self/not-self discrimination
Evolution and role of MHC polymorphism
Two signal hypotheses
Education of T cells
Education of B cells
T cell and B cell cooperation
G0/G1 switch to activate ICCs (immunologically competent cells)
Mechanisms of ICC deletion or suppression
T cell receptors
B cell receptors
Lymphokines
Signal transduction pathways
Complement
Parasite strategies to avoid the immune response
Why does not a placental mammal not reject the fetal "graft"
Relationship of heat-shock response to intracellular self discrimination
Mechanism of action of cyclosporine
The acute phase response
Role of fever in infections- positive or negative?
Etc.
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Sincerely, Don Forsdyke. Discussion Leader. Bionet.Immunology
