Crowe and his colleagues have developed cutting-edge technologies to isolate and study antiviral antibodies.

The discovery, reported in the journal PLOS Pathogens, could help open the door to the development of effective vaccines and antibody therapies with an “exceptional breadth of pathogen coverage.”

The mechanistic understanding of how cells respond to heat could explain how chronic inflammation contributes to the development of cancer.

Staph is a leading bacterial cause of death from bloodstream, bone and joint infections, in part because of high rates of antibiotic treatment failure.

Science Immunology study suggests a new class of inborn errors of immunometabolism and could improve care for patients with these complex diseases.

They are the only two from Tennessee named this year for the program, which provides support for each student’s dissertation research for up to three years.

The discovery could point to novel strategies for treating food poisoning and other types of gastroenteritis.