Features|Summer 2017
Burning Questions
Autoimmune diseases are diverse and unpredictable. Experts across every area of medicine at BWH collaborate to solve the smoldering riddle of these diseases.
Summer 2017
Your immune system’s balancing act
Autoimmune diseases are diverse and unpredictable. Experts across every area of medicine at BWH collaborate to solve the smoldering riddle of these diseases.
With allergies on the rise worldwide, BWH physician-scientists are seeking better ways to care for patients—and prevent allergies in the first place.
For patients with aggressive cancers and neurologic diseases, immunotherapies offer a new path forward.
Transplants challenge and change immunity. Inside the bodies of transplant recipients, their immune systems strive for equilibrium.
Cynthia Lemere, PhD, is investigating whether Alzheimer’s disease can be prevented, delayed, or slowed by immunotherapy.
Go inside the Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases to see how its leaders are tackling inflammation underlying many diseases.
With immune-related issues of the rise, it’s timely and timeless to devote this issue to the immune system.
Betsy Nabel, MD, shares her optimism for the future of medical problem solving and innovation.
Microscopic imaging shows how immune cells attack cancer.
BWH experts clear the air on misunderstandings they hear about the immune system.
On his hopes and worries for science, his favorite music, and the fun of tricking cells into sharing their secrets.
A Glimpse of Our Impact at Home and Abroad
Learn how BWH is speeding critical information and treatments to patients at risk for inheriting cardiovascular disorders.
Elledge and his colleagues discuss his work and contributions to science.
Lauren Stetson discusses her participation in the BabySeq Project with primary investigator Robert Green, MD, MPH.
Learn more about the latest recommendations from JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH.
