Immunology

With a boost from new funding, faculty are investigating the underlying causes of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and working on a better diagnostic test.

An expert from the Tufts Lyme Disease Initiative offers advice for parents and caregivers as children head outdoors during tick season.

An anonymous gift helped Tufts researchers speed up a project to develop new drugs that could prevent and treat Lyme disease.

In a talk at Tufts, the author takes on the deadly disease and the fault in our values that helps it persist.

Following a recent outbreak in India, two Tufts University experts explain how Nipah virus moves from animals to people—and how smarter prevention can reduce future risk.

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.