Andreas Demetriades
President 2024-2025, History of Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
About this event
- Date and time Wed 14 May 2025 from 5:30pm to 7:45pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by History of Medicine Society
Join us for an illuminating evening exploring the historical advancements that have shaped medical genetics and antibody therapeutics. This event will delve into key milestones, from the foundational techniques in human genetics to the scientific breakthroughs that enabled antibody engineering.
Attendees will gain insight into the origins and progression of serum therapy, its crucial role in treating diseases during the First World War, and its eventual replacement by antibiotics and vaccines. The session will also highlight how improved understanding of disease mechanisms and innovations in technology have driven the development of antibody-based treatments for conditions like viral infections, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and rare disorders.
The program includes the prestigious Annual Bynum Lecture, along with a panel discussion on the legacy and future potential of antibody therapeutics. Attendees will leave with a deeper appreciation of the scientific and medical endeavours that continue to influence modern clinical practices.
By attending, you will:
- Gain a historical understanding of techniques and practices in human genetics
- Develop an appreciation of how genetics became a dominant theme in clinical science
- Gain an appreciation of the developments that led to antibody engineering
- Learn about the discovery of diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins, the development of serum therapy, its benefits and disadvantages, applications in the First World War, displacement by antibiotics and vaccines, and use of serum from convalescent patients.
- Understand how technical innovations, coupled with an improved understanding of disease mechanisms, enabled the development of new antibody therapeutics for viral infections, cancer, autoimmune diseases, allergy and rare disorders.
- Develop an appreciation of the characteristics of biomedical innovation common across multiple generations of antibody-based treatments driven by medical need and scientific endeavour.
Show Virtual / In Person rates
Tickets (In Person)
Standard pricing available until 07 May 2025.
Member
RSM Member
| Day 1 |
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£25.00
Meeting
£58.00
Dinner
(optional) |
Non - Member
Non - Member
| Day 1 |
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£44.00
Meeting
£58.00
Dinner
(optional) |
Tickets (Virtual)
Standard pricing available until 07 May 2025.
Member
| RSM Member |
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| £12.00 |
Non - Member
| Non - Member |
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| £22.00 |
Key speakers
Soraya de Chadarevian
Professor in the Department of History and the Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
Edward Wawrzynczak
President, British Society for the History of Medicine
Agenda
View the programme
Registration
Welcome and introduction
The Annual Bynum Lecture – how the chromosomes got into the clinic
Soraya de Chadarevian, Professor in the Department of History and the Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
From serum therapy to engineered antibodies: A century of therapeutic innovation
Edward Wawrzynczak, President, British Society for the History of Medicine
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
Optional dinner
Pre-registered delegates only
View the programme
Welcome and introduction
Chair: Mr Andreas Demetriades, President 2024 - 2025, History of Medicine Society, Royal Society of Medicine
The Annual Bynum Lecture – how the chromosomes got into the clinic
Soraya de Chadarevian, Professor in the Department of History and the Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
From serum therapy to engineered antibodies: A century of therapeutic innovation
Edward Wawrzynczak, President, British Society for the History of Medicine
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Tuesday 13 May 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.