Endometriosis
Imagine a tenant who refuses to vacate the premises. Not out of spite, but because no one ever told them they were in the wrong apartment. This is, in rough...
PCOS/PMOS and Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation: The Metabolic-Immune Crossover
In 1935, two gynaecologists described a medical phenomenon, named it after what they could see, and quietly set reproductive medicine back by nearly a century. This is the story of...
The Placenta: Your New Favourite Immune Organ
“Yet, in spite of being the star of the show, the placenta has never quite managed to gain the attention it deserves.” – Y.W. Loke The placenta is a unique,...
The HPV Vaccine: A Cancer Prevention Success Story Facing Global Access Challenges
The human papillomavirus, HPV, is a category of over 200 related viruses. It is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world, with over 40 types of transmissible HPV....
An Ever-Changing Map of Hormones and Immunity—Impact of gender affirming hormone therapy on the immune system
As the understanding of the human immune system evolves, it becomes clear that the rigid map research once relied on is missing novel routes and territories. Traditionally, biological sex acted...
CSI 2026 Recap
KEYNOTE The 38th Annual Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) Conference opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba with welcome remarks from conference chair Dr. Thomas Murooka, followed by the keynote address from Dr. Carla Rothlin (University of...
Book review: Lousy Sex: Creating Self in an Infectious World
What does it mean to be “you”? It’s the kind of question you’d expect from a philosopher, maybe even a poet, but probably not from an immunologist. In Lousy Sex:...
IMMpress Volume 14 Issue 2 – Sex, Immunity, and Reproduction
Every day it becomes clearer that the immune system is a universe of infinite connections. This issue explores the intricate relationship between sex, immunity, and reproduction; factors often dismissed as...
The Little Blue Pill: from Bench (to Bedroom) to Bedside
Drug discovery has a habit of rewarding researchers for finding exactly what they weren’t looking for. From hair-loss treatments to anxiety medications, pharmacy shelves are lined with myriad remedies whose...
Undercover in the Uterus
Pregnancy is, immunologically speaking, an affront. The immune system is one of evolution's more ruthless achievements: a surveillance apparatus that spends a lifetime cataloguing the body's own proteins with bureaucratic...