Ep. 41: “Autoimmunity and Cancer Immunotherapy” Featuring Dr. Vijay Kuchroo

Dr. Vijay Kuchroo is the Samuel L. Wasserstrom Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His major research interests include the role of co-stimulation in autoimmune diseases, as well as cell surface molecules and regulatory factors that regulate the induction of T cell tolerance and dysfunction. He talks about the conditions necessary to differentiate Th17 cells and their role in autoimmunity. He also discusses his group's discovery of Tim-3, an inhibitor receptor on T cells which is now being exploited for cancer immunotherapy.