Polly Matzinger, PhD: Dangerous Ideas in Immunology

In this conversation, Daniel Belkin and Mitch Belkin interview Polly Matzinger, PhD, about her model of immunology, which she calls 'The Danger Model'. They discuss how The Danger Model helps explain aspects of immunology ignored by the self/non-self model, including why mothers don't reject their fetuses, autoimmune diseases, organ transplant rejection, cancer surveillance, allergy and more. Who is Polly Matzinger? Polly Matzinger received her PhD in Biology from UCSD before completing a p...