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| The researcher of the group of Innate Immunity in Health and Disease of the IMIB and professor of the Immunology Area of the University of Murcia, Antonio José Ruiz Alcaraz, reveals some of the main keys to understanding the virus | The Association of Scientific Dissemination of the Region of Murcia and the Museum of Science and Water of Murcia celebrate tomorrow, Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m., the second session of 'Murcia Divulges in the networks', an activity that arose as a consequence of the recent health crisis in which the impossibility of carrying out face-to-face activities has led them to transfer their initiatives to the online world.After the success achieved with the intervention of the mathematician and popularizer, Santi García Cremades, to which more than 150 people were connected, in this new installment of the cycle, IMIB researcher Antonio José Ruiz Alcaraz will offer the talk 'Immune Response against SARS -COV-2: A new virus, but the same Immune System '.

Alcaraz combines his research role in the Innate Immunity in Health and Disease group of the Murcian Institute of Biosanitary Research (IMIB) with teaching, as professor of the Immunology Area of ??the University of Murcia.During the talk, the main characteristics of the virus that has caused a global pandemic with devastating effects will be analyzed, while delving into the key tool in the fight against COVID-19: the Immune System.With the help of Professor Ruiz Alcaraz, attendees will learn new clues about our body's reaction to the coronavirus, as well as the main lines of research being followed in the fight against the pandemic and its effects.The activity is aimed at the general public, regardless of their age; The assistance is free and no cost.After the speaker's intervention, a question time will be opened, through the chat enabled on the page, in order to raise questions and expand knowledge.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia