can-summit-2023

Panel Discussion: Immunosenescence: The Impact of Age on Immune Function

Speakers:

Donald B. Palmer, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA. FRSB

Graham Pawelec, MA, PhD (Cantab), FGSA 

Caroline Childs, BSc (Hons), PhD, Rnutr 

Niharika A. Duggal, BSc (Hons), PhD, PGCHE 

Event date: 25 May 2023 Lausanne, Switzerland 

Experts who presented lectures as part of the Immunosenescence: The Impact of Age on Immune Function section of the 2023 Companion Animal Nutrition Summit address questions related to their presentations. 

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