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Esther Landhuis

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immunology

The Brain Can Recall and Reawaken Past Immune Responses

By Esther Landhuis
November 8, 2021
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The brain not only helps to regulate immune responses, but also stores and retrieves “memories” of them.

Photo of Anne Carpenter of the Broad Institute standing in front of a wall of colored microscopy images.
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Her Machine Learning Tools Pull Insights From Cell Images

By Esther Landhuis
November 2, 2021
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The computational biologist Anne Carpenter creates software that brings the power of machine learning to researchers seeking answers in mountains of cell images.

A false-colored scanning electron micrograph of a macrophage.
immunology

‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus

By Esther Landhuis
September 14, 2020
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A novel form of immunological memory that was mostly ignored for a century extends the benefits of vaccines. It could be of help in ending the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wanted: More Data, the Dirtier the Better

By Esther Landhuis
June 6, 2017
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The computational immunologist Purvesh Khatri embraces messy data as a way to capture the messiness of disease. As a result, he’s making elusive genomic discoveries.

cell biology

The Secret Power of the Cell’s Waste Bin

By Esther Landhuis
April 25, 2017
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Trash collectors in the cell moonlight at the controls of the genetic machinery.

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