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Laurence WEISS Professor of clinical Immunology, MD PhD
Course and current status
Professor and Consultant in Immunology Department and University Paris-Descartes
Head of the unit of Clinical Immunology at Georges Pompidou hospital
Duties include clinical practice (HIV patients, non HIV immune deficient patients and auto-immune diseases), teaching medical students and post graduate students in Immunology.
Research in the physio-pathology of HIV infection
Scientific summary
Research in the field of HIV pathogenesis and immune based therapy in HIV infection.
Main thematics:
The role of regulatory T cells in the pathogenesis of HIV infection (immune suppression versus control of immune activation
Early events following primary infection: the balance between effector and regulatory T-cell responses
