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Predicting women at risk of preeclampsia before clinical symptoms

...Immunology. They analyzed blood samples from 11 women who developed preeclampsia and 12 women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy. These samples were obtained at two timepoints, allowing the scientists...

...Immunology. They analyzed blood samples from 11 women who developed preeclampsia and 12 women with normal blood pressure during pregnancy. These samples were obtained at two timepoints, allowing the scientists...

Pioneering immunotherapy drug gets new testing for early prostate cancer

When the prostate cancer drug, Provenge, was introduced in 2010, it was quite the sensation. The drug was the first approved to use the power of immunotherapy to combat cancer...

When the prostate cancer drug, Provenge, was introduced in 2010, it was quite the sensation. The drug was the first approved to use the power of immunotherapy to combat cancer...

Researchers harness basic and bizarre science to inform human biology and disease

...surprising) promise of parasites, Ellen Yeh, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of biochemistry, of pathology, and of microbiology and immunology, studies a peculiar part of the malaria parasite called the...

...surprising) promise of parasites, Ellen Yeh, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of biochemistry, of pathology, and of microbiology and immunology, studies a peculiar part of the malaria parasite called the...

Muting an inflammatory loudspeaker on immune cells shrinks acute stroke damage

...the stroke occurs, according to a study in Nature Immunology conducted by neuroscientist Kati Andreasson, MD, and her colleagues. When the researchers suppressed the activity of a small set of...

...the stroke occurs, according to a study in Nature Immunology conducted by neuroscientist Kati Andreasson, MD, and her colleagues. When the researchers suppressed the activity of a small set of...

Wildflowers & ah-choos: Tips from an allergist

I love viewing wildflowers, but now I can't look at them without thinking about pollen and allergies. I still recall the disastrous effect of the pollen from the Indian cotton...

I love viewing wildflowers, but now I can't look at them without thinking about pollen and allergies. I still recall the disastrous effect of the pollen from the Indian cotton...

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In the Spotlight: Physician-scientist, innovator and #lifeboss

...found a passion for vaccines and immunology. Eventually I discovered the two main medical training options for someone interested in vaccine immunology are either hematology/oncology or allergy and immunology. I...

...found a passion for vaccines and immunology. Eventually I discovered the two main medical training options for someone interested in vaccine immunology are either hematology/oncology or allergy and immunology. I...

Two young brothers saved by new stem cell transplant technique

Brothers Ronnie and Levi Dogan were born with IPEX syndrome, a life-threatening genetic disease that causes patients' immune systems to attack their own healthy tissues. A new story I wrote...

Brothers Ronnie and Levi Dogan were born with IPEX syndrome, a life-threatening genetic disease that causes patients' immune systems to attack their own healthy tissues. A new story I wrote...

Vaccination stand-off: Why I got involved

"Do you know what ingredients are in vaccines?" a man demanded of anyone wearing a white coat, recording us with his phone. "Can you even name three?"  It sounded reasonable,...

"Do you know what ingredients are in vaccines?" a man demanded of anyone wearing a white coat, recording us with his phone. "Can you even name three?"  It sounded reasonable,...

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Immune-cell culprits fingered in osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, a painful chronic condition characterized by cartilage breakdown and inflammation in joints, is a common if unwelcome intrusion in our long-term health. As I noted in a news release...

Osteoarthritis, a painful chronic condition characterized by cartilage breakdown and inflammation in joints, is a common if unwelcome intrusion in our long-term health. As I noted in a news release...

How to have a meaningful career in science

...that can happen? You get a rejection. Fine. And you're going to submit again, no?" said Juliana Idoyaga, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, who was one of five...

...that can happen? You get a rejection. Fine. And you're going to submit again, no?" said Juliana Idoyaga, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, who was one of five...

Progress toward a universal flu vaccine

Each year brings another flu vaccine, which may or may not provide excellent protection against the circulating strains of a virus. (It is, however, beneficial to be vaccinated.) It seems...

Each year brings another flu vaccine, which may or may not provide excellent protection against the circulating strains of a virus. (It is, however, beneficial to be vaccinated.) It seems...

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On the importance of culture, partnerships and diversity at the Dean’s Lecture Series

...this new portfolio of immunology-based drugs. So we want to hold on to that purpose and the values of patient-focus, integrity, and respect for each other, but bringing in a...

...this new portfolio of immunology-based drugs. So we want to hold on to that purpose and the values of patient-focus, integrity, and respect for each other, but bringing in a...

CRISPR yields new potential “bubble boy” gene therapy

About 1 in 50,000 baby boys are born with no immune cells -- they have no way to molecularly protect themselves. The disease, called X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID-X1,...

About 1 in 50,000 baby boys are born with no immune cells -- they have no way to molecularly protect themselves. The disease, called X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID-X1,...

Immune cells engineered to tattle on suspicious cells in the body

A new bioengineering trick turns immune cells, typically protectors of the body, into disease detectives as well. Sanjiv "Sam" Gambhir, MD, PhD, the researcher behind the engineering feat, is using...

A new bioengineering trick turns immune cells, typically protectors of the body, into disease detectives as well. Sanjiv "Sam" Gambhir, MD, PhD, the researcher behind the engineering feat, is using...

A cell’s “self-destruct” function could yield new therapies

...Jan Carette, PhD, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology, and Scott Dixon, PhD, assistant professor of biology, two cell death aficionados who are investigating two forms of cell death...

...Jan Carette, PhD, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology, and Scott Dixon, PhD, assistant professor of biology, two cell death aficionados who are investigating two forms of cell death...