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Newswise — LA JOLLA, CA—Flu shots save lives across the United States every year. These vaccines are good at protecting the population from severe influenza infections, but not every person gets the same level of protection. “Some people have incredibly strong responses to annual flu vaccines, and some people don’t respond at all,” says Tal…
Newswise — LA JOLLA, CA—Immune system scientists and computational biologists are developing a new tool to investigate how the body fights disease. With this new resource, called ImmGenMaps, researchers are building a map of all major organs—and tracking how all types of immune cells keep those organs healthy. ImmGenMaps aims to show the body in…
LA JOLLA, CA—Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host’s dendritic cells. But a new Nature Communications study, led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and UC San Diego shows that these two viruses have vastly different ways of making…
LA JOLLA, CA—Current asthma treatments don’t work in all patients, and they don’t provide long-term relief from potentially deadly asthma attacks. Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are advancing a new kind of therapy. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, their approach holds promise for…
LA JOLLA, CA—New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) reveals the workings of a human antibody called mAb 3A6, which may prove to be an important component for Ebola virus therapeutics. This antibody was isolated from blood samples from an Ebola survivor treated at Emory University Hospital during the 2014-2016…
