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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Priya Uppuluri, PhD, investigator at The Lundquist Institute, and her team an R21 grant to investigate newly discovered…

Delphine J. Lee, MD, investigator at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, and a team of researchers identified a new immunotherapy strategy that may help overcome one…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the joints. This causes pain, stiffness, swelling, and can lead…

A new international study published in Nature has identified albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood, as a powerful and previously unrecognized defense against mucormycosis, a rare but often fatal fungal…

Scientists at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation have identified a previously unknown molecular safeguard that protects the heart during pregnancy, shedding new light on the causes of…

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has formally recognized Dr. Rajesh K. Garg, MD, for his important contributions to the 2026 ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes, one of…

Michelle L. Matter, PhD joins The Lundquist Institute as an expert in two areas of cardiovascular medicine: cardiomyopathies and sepsis. Underlying these two diseases is a common mechanism that involves cell adhesion…

Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD joins The Lundquist Institute as an esteemed investigator in Cancer Biology and Immunotherapeutics, bringing exceptional expertise as a board-certified neurologist, oncologist, and clinical trialist.   His multidisciplinary research…

Every day, most of us eat foods that were made to last: breads, tortillas, yogurts, cheeses, lunch meats with preservatives, ingredients added to keep them safe, stable, and appealing.  But what if some…