Name: From Poo to Cancer...it's all about immunology
Start: 2018-05-15T
End: 2018-05-15T
Location: Humber Street Gallery

Come along to find out how poo helps your immune system, and in turn, how your immune system can help to kill cancer cells!

Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30 start for a night of intrigue, entertainment, prizes and so much more.

The Importance of Poo

Professor Martin Veysey (Gastroenterologist)

We're all full of it but have you ever stopped to consider how important the poo inside you is to your health and well-being. Residing within us is a multitude of bacteria interacting with us as we go about our daily business.

Let’s remind our Immune System to kill Cancer!

Dr Barbara Guinn (Reader in Biomedical Sciences)

We know the immune system works. It can cure colds and heal wounds, but can it kill cancer? Our research is searching for new targets for DNA vaccines that could help remind our immune system how to kill cancer cells. And it’s working!

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