Research could lead to more effective Q fever therapeutics
A WSU study exploring how the human immune system mounts a defense against Q fever could pave the way to better treatments for the disease and others like it.
Dr. Alan Goodman
WSU excellence highlighted in Research Week Awards
The Office of Research recognized researchers, staff, and grant competition winners during the annual event’s awards ceremony on Friday, Oct. 20.
Understanding immunity to improve health
Just a few short hours after illness-causing bacteria enter the human body, a sophisticated defense system goes to work. The immune system quickly recognizes the foreign invaders and sends a well-orchestrated, frontline defense.
“Innate immunity is ancient,” says Alan Goodman, assistant professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences and affiliate faculty in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health. “Our bodies have many ways of fighting infectious disease, but innate immunity is something that must be important for it to have persisted.”
Insulin can prevent mosquito-borne diseases
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