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Dr. Götz Ehrhardt: The Lamprey Time Machine -Unlocking the Secrets of Jawless Immunity

Manjula KamathMay 24, 2026May 24, 2026

In the murky depths of the Great Lakes, the sea lamprey is often seen as a nightmare, an invasive parasite that latches onto prey and refuses to let go. But...

Article

Mini organoids vs mouse models: what will shape the future of immunology research?

Milea DiPonzioMay 24, 2026May 24, 2026

For decades, one of the most prominent tools in preclinical research— ranging from drug testing to understanding fundamental science and mechanisms of disease— has been the laboratory mouse. Many major...

Perspective

Comparative Immunology: Why Investigation Across Species Still Matters

Tianning YuMay 24, 2026May 24, 2026

Lessons from Animal Models  Comparative medicine has long played an important role in scientific discovery. Many early breakthroughs in immunology and infectious disease came from studying similarities and differences between species. Edward...

Article

Primates: Better Models for Human Disease? Opportunities and Challenges

Jonathan MonteiroMay 24, 2026May 24, 2026

Non-human primates (NHPs) occupy a unique niche in biomedical research. The earliest documented scientific use of primates takes us back to the United Kingdom in 1698, when the Royal Society...

Featured Article

Plants vs Microbes: A game of plant immunology

Ana Sofia Mendoza ViruegaMay 24, 2026May 24, 2026

Every year, approximately 40% of global food crops valued at over $200 billion USD are lost to plant disease. Staples like wheat, rice, potato, soybean are constantly fighting against pathogens,...

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What the Cluck? The Immunologist’s Debt to Chickens

Victoria SephtonMay 24, 2026May 24, 2026

Animal models are the cornerstone of basic research, providing simple, easy-to-study and ethical biological systems that help us better understand how the human body works. Immunologists tend to rely heavily...

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Peto’s Paradox: Why Don’t Whales Get Cancer?

Mariam ParashosMay 24, 2026May 27, 2026

Cancer is often described as a uniquely human tragedy. But it isn’t. Cancer affects nearly every class of vertebrate and is especially common in mammals. It is, in many ways,...

Cover

IMMpress Volume 14 Issue 1 – Built to Survive: Immunity Beyond Humans

Jennifer AhnMay 24, 2026May 29, 2026

This marks the sixth and final issue cover I will design for IMMpress Magazine. It has been such a rewarding experience to bring together all of the articles over the...

Cover

IMMpress Volume 13 Issue 3 – From Bench to Business

Jennifer AhnJanuary 25, 2026May 24, 2026

“Bench” to “Business”. “Academia” versus “Industry”. These terms are often written side-by-side as an act of juxtaposition, with an intention tohighlight differences over similarities. Yet “Bench” and “Business” are co-dependent...

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The Story of Ozempic

Yashar Aghazadeh HabashiJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Drug discovery is a game of long odds: only one in ten thousand lab discoveries survives the gauntlet from benchtop to prescription pad. Stranger still is the fate of a...