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A recent workshop was convened under the auspices of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine the relationship of the innate immune system to autoimmune disorders.
Kavathas, Chair of the AAI Committee on the Status of Women (1998–2001) and Soong, a member of this committee, discuss the reasons for gender discrimination against women and what can be done to address the issue.
Historical insight: It is not uncommon in science that a leading figure in a discipline will declare that all its problems have been solved and that there is little left to do. This has happened several times in immunology, but the field has survived each such declaration and continues its exciting course.