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02.28.2023
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09.14.2022
What makes the human immune system healthy, and what goes wrong in disease?
News
01.12.2021
The pandemic has revealed how much we really don’t know about our own immune systems, experts say
12.21.2020
Seattle-area research organizations team up for a deep dive into patients’ immune responses to the novel coronavirus; results could contribute to...
09.28.2020
Xiaojun Li shares the career path that brought him to become Director of Bioinformatics at the Allen Institute for Immunology, and why he’s excited...
Podcast
09.23.2020
The SCAN study launched to track Covid-19 in the Seattle area led by Allen Discovery Center leader Dr. Jay Shendure
In the News
08.15.2020
Seattle Times
08.05.2020
A team of cardiology researchers had a creative idea for a new way to treat dementia. Now they think it could help coronavirus patients too.
When the first COVID-19 cases began arriving at hospitals int he U.S., doctors nicknamed the illness "The Beast" because of the way it attacked the...
07.14.2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic dictates physical distance and many scientists are working from home, how can teams pivot to pull off coordinated research...
04.23.2020
Q&A with James Collins, Ph.D., a bioengineer who is developing a diagnostic face mask that signals if the wearer is infected with COVID-19
What if there were a face mask that could tell you you’re infected with coronavirus before you ever show symptoms?
