While the central immune system protects the brain from infection and disease, the peripheral immune system monitors and responds to threats to the rest of the body. Traditionally thought to ...

The left image shows the immune organ-on-chip, where the organoids (right) are grown to study the response of human donors. The right image shows development of types of immune cells relevant to ...

"For example," he notes, "some immune cells regulate how the body absorbs fat from food, and we've recently shown that brain-immune interactions help control fat metabolism and obesity. This got ...