When Dr. Sarah Gaffen first opened her laboratory in 1999, the number of peer-reviewed research papers about IL-17 – a family of pro-inflammatory substances secreted… Read more
Category: immunology
Discovery Sheds Light on Real-Time Evolution of Immune System’s ‘Antibody Factories’
The immune system’s B cells have the unique distinction of being the only cells in the human body that evolve, in real time – and… Read more
UPMC Prepares to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
With three promising COVID-19 vaccines expected to be approved soon, UPMC is coordinating internally and with colleagues at the state and federal levels to distribute… Read more
Achieving COVID-19 herd immunity through infection is dangerous, deadly and might not even work
White House advisers have made the case recently for a “natural” approach to herd immunity as a way to reduce the need for public health… Read more
CRISPR can Help Combat the Troubling Immune Response Against Gene Therapy
One of the major challenges facing gene therapy – a way to treat disease by replacing a patient’s defective genes with healthy ones – is… Read more