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Allergy And Immunology

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE (AIRC) Research Centre (AIRC)
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The Allergy and Immunology Research Centre (AIRC) carries out fundamental
and applied research in immunology.

The centre consists of the Allergy Unit, Autoimmune Unit, Immunogenetic Unit,
Primary Immunodeficiency Unit and Transplantation Immunology Unit. Each
unit conducts various research activities and provides specialised diagnostic
services pertinent to immunology.

The centre’s main objectives are:

To carry out collaborative fundamental
and applied research

01 Transplant testing services for bone marrow and
solid organ transplants to determine compatibility
which includes donor testing, donor registration
02 and donor follow-up for the Malaysian Stem Cell
Registry to aid patients requiring a matched,
unrelated donor transplant

03 The first and only Allergy Clinic in the
Ministry of Health

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Teaching students through courses,
formal lectures and through laboratory
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To provide advanced diagnostic services to patients in
the public and private sectors to screen, diagnose and
monitor treatment and disease progression of various
allergy- and immunology-related diseases