FPM Journal Club with guest host Dr Shaun Flint
Monday 17 May 2021
12:00 - 13:00
For this session of Journal Club we welcome our guest host Dr Shaun Flint.
Shaun has chosen to review:
A noninflammatory mRNA vaccine for treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6525/145
Krienke et al (8 Jan 2021) Science. Vol. 371, Issue 6525, pp. 145-153 DOI: 10.1126/science.aay3638
About your host
Dr Flint is a nephrologist with a subspecialty interest in vasculitis, lupus and other renal and rheumatic immune-mediated conditions. He joined GSK five years ago after completing a PhD in translational immunology in the Smith Lab at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. He’s currently working as a Group Leader in Discovery Medicine at GSK.
For his review, he chose to focus on a recent paper describing the use of an mRNA vaccine in the treatment of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. If successfully translated to the human context, this technique has the potential to represent an important advance in the treatment of autoimmunity.
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About journal clubs
Journal clubs are educational settings where individuals meet regularly to critically evaluate articles in the medical and scientific literature.
They are a recognised way of keeping up to date with latest advancements in areas of interest.
CPD
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