Immunology

In a step toward disease-modifying therapy, Tufts researchers and collaborators have pioneered nanoparticles that target damaged cartilage and adapt to disease severity.

Bernard Arulanandam’s research interests include the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in immune responses to infectious diseases.

School of Medicine experts explain pharmacy deserts and how consumers are impacted by thousands of shuttered drugstore locations.

A look at how the body’s multi-pronged defenses work, plus advice from an immunologist on how to strengthen them.

Study shows that STING, a molecule that some experimental drugs seek to block, may actually help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s-like decline.

Tufts researchers’ approach uncovers how TB treatments can best work together at the cellular level to speed better cures.

Study shows how places without modern sanitation systems can still use wastewater to catch outbreaks before dangerous diseases travel across borders.

Dr. Iris Jaffe appointed inaugural director of the Tufts University–Tufts Medicine Research Enterprise.

After a surge of pneumonia in 2024, a public health expert explains how to prevent, identify, and treat this common lung infection.