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Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Center for Human Immunobiology. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
08.14.2025Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a subset of immune cells are essential for successful organ transplantation acceptance, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
08.07.2025A drug already FDA-approved for asthma was found to nearly eliminate life-threatening allergic reactions to food allergens in mice, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal Science.
07.24.2025Investigators led by Navdeep Chandel, PhD, have discovered how mitochondrial metabolism supports T-cell proliferation and also prevents T-cell exhaustion in cancer and chronic infection, according to a recent study published in Nature Immunology.
06.30.2025Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a surprising culprit in the progression of inflammatory bowel disease, according to a study published in Nature Immunology.
05.22.2025A pair of recent studies from the laboratory of Bin Zhang, MD, PhD, the Johanna Dobe Professor of Cancer Immunology, have uncovered new details about critical immunological processes that may help improve cancer treatments, according to the findings.
05.12.2025A new Northwestern study shows piperacillin, an antibiotic, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at a dose 100 times smaller than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold-standard treatment.
05.12.2025A new Northwestern study may explain why the body may continue to respond to an invisible threat long after bacterial death in Lyme disease.
05.12.2025 The GuardianSome researchers say a new approach, which suppresses a particular part of the immune system rather than amplifying it, could be available in the next five years- 05.08.2025
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered new intracellular mechanisms that help specialized immune cells adapt and respond to disease and acute inflammation, findings that may inform the development of targeted therapies for cancer and tissue injury, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
02.24.2025Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered unique genetic and structural changes in endothelial cells in the brain after disrupting the blood-brain barrier, which may inform new therapeutic targets that promote blood-brain barrier repair after neurovascular injuries, according to a recent study.
02.07.2025Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology in the Division of Molecular Pathology, and Waihay Wong, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, have been named recipients of the 2025 Young Physician-Scientist Award.
12.17.2024The Breakthroughs podcast released 17 episodes in 2024, on topics ranging from biological age research to new insights in inflammation and microbiome science, as well as health equity research and community engagement efforts.
11.11.2024Just two years out from its launch, the Center for Human Immunobiology has quickly become a bustling hub for collaborative efforts to understand the molecular mechanisms of the immune system and translate discoveries into innovative cures for immune-regulated diseases.
10.29.2024Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered how antibody responses are regulated by epigenetic factors commonly mutated in cancers, according to a study published in Nature Immunology.
10.28.2024Harnessing the body’s B-cells to fight tumors may be a promising treatment for glioblastoma, according to a Northwestern Medicine study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
10.27.2024Scientists have discovered a mutation in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that plays a key role in its ability to infect the central nervous system. The findings, published in Nature Microbiology, may help scientists understand its neurological symptoms and the mystery of “long COVID,” and they could one day even lead to specific treatments to protect and clear the virus from the brain.- 10.09.2024
Investigators have discovered that targeting specific mechanisms linked to lipid metabolism in immune cells within tumors may improve response to current and future cancer immunotherapies, according to a recent study published in the journal Immunity.
- 10.03.2024
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new underlying mechanism that controls a specialized group of T-cells, findings that may serve as potential targets for treating inflammatory diseases and cancer, according to a recent study.
09.11.2024Northwestern Medicine investigators have shed new light on how white blood cells in the retina function during inflammation and possibly during retinal vascular diseases with inflammatory components like diabetic retinopathy, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.