Teaching Immunology as a Liberal Art.

Front Immunol

Biology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN, United States.

Published: April 2021

A complex, rapidly evolving biomedical field that is of critical relevance to human health and well-being, immunology provides important and substantive opportunities to practice and teach the central tenets of a liberal arts curriculum.

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