Minnie McMillan
Expert in gene therapy and vaccine design
Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine
Contact at: (323) 865-0628 or mcmillan_m@ccnt.hsc.usc.edu
Expertise:
- molecular biology of immune response
- molecular biology of graft rejection
- histocompatibility - the form of
compatibility that depends upon
tissue components, mainly specific
glycoprotein antigens in cell
membranes
- major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
interactions with T cell receptors
- DNA expression vectors designed to
elicit an immune response specific
for HIV
- gene therapy to treat mice with
autoimmune encephalomyelitis,
the animal model for multiple sclerosis
- vaccine design and immunotherapy
- vaccination against infectious disease
- immunology
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Biographical information can be found at:
http://keck.usc.edu/profiles?facid=764
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