Stanford cardiologist and stem cell researcher Joseph Wu, MD, PhD, and his colleagues have published an interesting perspective piece (subscription required) in today's Science Translational Medicine about …
Category: Immunology
Researchers find mechanism for destruction of key allergy-inducing complexes
New allergy research from Stanford and the University of Bern, Switzerland was published in Nature over the weekend, and my colleague describes the work in a …
Exploring the effect of sleep loss on health
Due to yesterday's Nobel win, my colleagues and I woke up, and began working, at 3 AM - and I was reminded of how difficult …
Immunological wet blankets remember to protect the developing fetus
Our immune systems are designed to respond to dangerous intruders. While the obvious laundry list of bad guys consists of pathogenic viruses and bacteria, there are …
Immunology escapes from the mouse trap
What? Retire Mighty Mouse? Mark Davis, PhD, director of Stanford's Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, has used mice to brilliant effect. They have …