La Jolla Institute for Immunology Acquires the Carterra LSA Platform to Advance State-of-the-Art Immunological and Infectious Disease Research

Carterra, Inc., the world leader in innovative technologies enabling high-throughput biology, and La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), a globally recognized non-profit research organization dedicated to understanding the power of the immune...
1-Aug-2022 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

The Gut Patrol

Cells in the gut send secret messages to the immune system. Thanks to new research from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) scientists, we can finally get a look at what they're saying.
24-Jul-2022 8:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Your Body Remembers Common Cold Coronaviruses From Childhood How Can You Get the Same Immunity to Covid-19?

For a glimpse into the future of SARS-CoV-2 immunity, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system builds its defenses against common cold coronaviruses (CCCs).
21-Jul-2022 5:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Putting the brakes on "budding" viruses

Paramyxoviruses have the potential to trigger a devastating pandemic. This family of viruses includes measles, Nipah virus, mumps, Newcastle disease and canine distemper. An international team of collaborators has published the first-ever look at a...
17-Jul-2022 9:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

LJI Scientists Discover Clue to Stopping Lassa Virus Infection

In a new study, researchers show how a critical Lassa virus protein, called polymerase, drives infection by harnessing a cellular protein in human hosts. Their work suggests future therapies could target this interaction to treat patients.
19-Jul-2022 2:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Rethinking the Rabies Vaccine

Rabies virus kills a shocking 59,000 people each year, many of them children. In a new study, researchers from La Jolla Institute for Immunology and Institut Pasteur share a promising path to better vaccine design.
16-Jun-2022 2:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

LJI scientists publish first head-to-head comparison of four COVID-19 vaccines

"Just understanding the immune responses to these vaccines will help us integrate what is successful into vaccine designs going forward.”
31-May-2022 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Haywire T Cells Attack Protein In "Bad" Cholesterol

Detecting these T cells may lead to diagnostics to better detect heart disease—and disease severity.
20-May-2022 1:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites