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Histology of mouse lungs using purple and green staining on a white background. Left: a healthy lung. Right: a fibrotic lung.
Immunotherapy Treats Fibrosis in Mice
Researchers report that vaccination against proteins found on profibrotic cells reduced liver and lung fibrosis in laboratory rodents.
Immunotherapy Treats Fibrosis in Mice
Immunotherapy Treats Fibrosis in Mice

Researchers report that vaccination against proteins found on profibrotic cells reduced liver and lung fibrosis in laboratory rodents.

Researchers report that vaccination against proteins found on profibrotic cells reduced liver and lung fibrosis in laboratory rodents.

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Addressing Power and Pitfalls in Machine Learning Neoantigen Prediction
Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Dec 11, 2023 | 4 min read
Researchers honed prediction models and datasets to unlock the potential of deep neural networks in biological applications while avoiding bias.
Women’s Cervical Mucus Prefers Some Sperm Over Others 
Abby Olena, PhD | Aug 18, 2020 | 3 min read
In human male-female pairs with a less similar suite of genes for human leukocyte antigens, sperm fare better when exposed to cervical mucus.
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Noel Rose, Who Demonstrated Autoimmunity Exists, Dies at 92
Amanda Heidt | Aug 10, 2020 | 4 min read
The Johns Hopkins University researcher bucked the prevailing idea that the body would not launch an immune response against its own tissues, and in doing so established an entirely new scientific discipline.
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For Mates to Fuse Bodies, Some Anglerfish Have Lost Immune Genes
Katarina Zimmer | Jul 30, 2020 | 6 min read
In most vertebrates, the absence of adaptive immunity would be catastrophic, but in some deep-sea angler fish species, it enables their “wild” and “wacky” mating habits.
Immunology Leader Vincenzo Cerundolo Dies
Ashley Yeager | Jan 16, 2020 | 2 min read
The Oxford researcher’s work on lipid and peptide antigens revealed key mechanisms in inflammation, immunotherapy, and vaccination, which are being pursued in clinical trial treatments.
Infographic: Targeting Cancer Antigens
Stephen P. Schoenberger and Ezra Cohen | Mar 31, 2017 | 1 min read
Neoantigens may serve as valuable targets for new immunotherapies.
Second Contagious Cancer Found in Tasmanian Devils
Anna Azvolinsky | Dec 29, 2015 | 3 min read
A second fatal, transmissible cancer has been identified in the already endangered species.  
The Devil’s Details
Jesse Jenkins | Nov 1, 2014 | 4 min read
With the iconic Australian marsupial carnivore on the brink of extinction, Tasmanian researchers race to unlock the immunological mysteries of a disease threatening the species.
Poor Little Devils
Jesse Jenkins | Oct 31, 2014 | 1 min read
See the devastating infectious cancer that may drive the Tasmanian Devil to extinction.
Beyond Expectation
Karen Hopkin | Sep 1, 2011 | 9 min read
Philippa “Pippa” Marrack has made some unanticipated discoveries about how the immune system functions in health and disease.
Baruj Benacerraf Dies
Edyta Zielinska | Aug 3, 2011 | 3 min read
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
Thymus Finder
Richard P. Grant | Jul 1, 2011 | 2 min read
Editor’s Choice in Immunology
Foresight
Karen Hopkin | Jul 1, 2011 | 9 min read
Studying the earliest events in visual development, Carla Shatz has learned the importance of looking at one’s data with open eyes—and an open mind.
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