Articles about immunology

How a scrappy biotech startup backed by Microsoft’s co-founders set the stage for two Nobel winners

The groundbreaking immunology research behind two Nobel Prizes awarded this week traces back to a largely forgotten biotech startup backed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Read More

Seattle scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell win Nobel Prize for immunology research

Seattle scientist Mary Brunkow of the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) won a Nobel Prize for research on the immune cells that prevent our body from attacking itself. Read More

Allen Frontiers Group awards $10M to set up research center for neuroimmunology

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Seattle-based Allen Institute, is launching a research center in New… Read More

Benaroya Research Institute awarded $5.8M from NIH for immunology-related COVID research

As part of the scientific community trying to understand the varied and curious symptoms caused by COVID-19, the Benaroya Research… Read More

Allen Institute launches new immunology division with $125M from its late founder

Billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen died two months ago, but before he passed away, he passed along a $125 million commitment… Read More

FDA approves Adaptive Biotech’s tool to track potential cancer relapses

Seattle-based biotech company Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Friday that the FDA has cleared its clonoSEQ platform for use. It marks first time a technology… Read More