Precision Immunology Program News Today

To commemorate World Lupus Day, we spoke to Elissa Deenick, co-lead of the Precision Immunology Program at the Garvan Institute, about the current state of lupus understanding and what needs to happen to make lupus visible.

Protein that plays a critical role in immune cell function is at the root of immunodeficiency disorders.

Researchers uncover the activation of tingible body macrophages, shedding light on the causes of autoimmune diseases like lupus.

Children have largely avoided severe COVID-19 symptoms because they have a strong initial 'innate' immune reaction that quickly defeats the virus.

Infants have a high proportion of naive T cells and as they move towards adulthood, they get exposed to to more viruses, the naive T cells are replaced by memory T cells