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Cartoon humans standing on a DNA profile.
Searching for the Rare Variants in a Genetic Haystack
Carola Vinuesa’s research has illuminated the genetics of lupus and helped to exonerate a mother falsely accused of murdering her four children. 
Searching for the Rare Variants in a Genetic Haystack
Searching for the Rare Variants in a Genetic Haystack

Carola Vinuesa’s research has illuminated the genetics of lupus and helped to exonerate a mother falsely accused of murdering her four children. 

Carola Vinuesa’s research has illuminated the genetics of lupus and helped to exonerate a mother falsely accused of murdering her four children. 

T cells

Microscopy image of hepatocytes stained in pink with purple nuclei.
Liver Proteins Keep T Cells Out of Tumors
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Jun 21, 2024 | 4 min read
A new study finds an unexpected role for hepatocytes in anticancer immunity.
Fluorescent microscopy image with a black background and blue, green, and red colors marking different cells.
A Safe-Haven for Intestinal Viruses
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Jun 11, 2024 | 4 min read
A rare gut cell puzzles researchers by avoiding immune cells.
Neoantigen Prediction for Precision Immunotherapies
Neoantigen Prediction for Precision Immunotherapies 
The Scientist | 2 min read
Learn about the tools and resources researchers use to define, discover, and deploy anti-tumor immunotherapies.
Larger green cell with two cyan spots and many smaller magenta circles in and around the cell. 
Synthetic Systems for Studying Natural Cells
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Jun 3, 2024 | 2 min read
Oskar Staufer engineers synthetic systems to explore cancer biology.
An illustration showing the DNA inside an immune cell. Other immune cells are shown in the background. 
Keeping CAR T Cells Sharp 
Aparna Nathan, PhD | May 21, 2024 | 4 min read
The FOXO1 transcription factor boosts T cells’ memory and reduces dysfunction.
Discover how counterflow centrifugation streamlines cell therapy workflows
Closed Cell Processing Systems for Cell Therapy Workflows
Thermo Fisher Scientific | 1 min read
Closed systems increase cell therapy manufacturing process efficiency.
A Signal for T Cells to Remember
Patience Asanga | Feb 22, 2024 | 3 min read
Timely modulation of a common signaling pathway can preserve influenza memory in lung T cells.
Avoiding Gene Editing’s Unintended Consequences
Tanvir Khan, PhD | Feb 2, 2024 | 4 min read
CRISPR-Cas9 editing leads to widespread loss of the targeted chromosome in human T cells, but scientists recently discovered a way to prevent such loss.
Explore the importance of cellular diversity in health and disease through single cell resolution.
Single Cell Resolution Reveals Cellular Diversity
The Scientist and 10x Genomics | 1 min read
Access to single cell resolution reveals new insights into how the human body and its cells operate during health and disease.
A New mRNA Malaria Vaccine 
Rebecca Roberts, PhD | Nov 30, 2023 | 3 min read
By targeting resident memory T cells in the liver, a novel mRNA malaria vaccine prevented infection, even in those with prior exposure.
Explore How Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Profiling Characterizes Immune Cells
Revealing Immune Responses with Adaptive Immune Receptor Repertoire Profiling
Cellecta, Inc. | Oct 19, 2023 | 1 min read
Immune receptor repertoire profiling is an important analytic tool for disease research in many areas, including cancer, cell and organ transplantation, autoimmunity, and infectious disease. 
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells surrounded by red blood cells in circulating blood.
Accelerating Immune Research with Cryopreserved Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
The Scientist and MilliporeSigma | 3 min read
Commerically-available peripheral blood mononuclear cells offer a well-characterized, accessible, and consistent model for immunology and therapeutic development.
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Tuning T Cells
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Oct 2, 2023 | 2 min read
An often overlooked property of the tumor environment shapes T cell function and may improve T cell therapies.
Dendritic Cell activate T cells, trigger immune responses, they are responsible of cells protection of the body.
Circadian Signaling Affects T Cell Responses to Vaccination
Nathan Ni, PhD | Aug 9, 2023 | 3 min read
Annie Curtis’s research team revealed how circadian rhythm-regulated mitochondrial metabolism drives dendritic cell antigen presentation activity.
The adaptive and innate immune responses collaborate to attack T-cell resistant cancer cells
LabTalk Podcast - Phagocidal Macrophages: A New Battle Tactic Against Resistant Cancers
The Scientist and 10x Genomics | 1 min read
The adaptive and innate immune responses collaborate to attack T-cell resistant cancer cells.
3D rendered medical illustration of T cells trying to subdue cancer cells.
How Tumors Tire Out T Cells
Bruker Cellular Analysis | Jul 19, 2023 | 1 min read
Researchers investigated how cancer antigenicity drives unique forms of T cell exhaustion and hypofunctionality.
Illustration of a virus
Vaccines: Sex Matters
Niki Spahich, PhD | Jun 1, 2023 | 3 min read
Male patients who recover from mild COVID-19 have baseline immune states primed to mount stronger responses to future challenges than female patients.
Understand Immune Cell Function in Cancer
Understanding Immune Cell Function in Cancer
The Scientist and Isoplexis | 1 min read
Explore how scientists characterize immune cell functional behavior in response to cancer, and how they harness this information for therapeutic purposes.
Scientist pipetting at the bench in white coat and purple gloves
Chek-Mate for Gliomas
Aparna Nathan, PhD | May 22, 2023 | 3 min read
New research may make immunotherapy possible for hard-to-treat brain tumors.
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