Immunology

A finite series on the immune system. I worked in this field during my PhD (mRNA cancer vaccines, dendritic cells, tumor microenvironment) and I'm walking back through it in order, one accessible episode at a time.

0 of 14 episodes published.

Immune system primer

The minimum you need before anything else here makes sense.

  1. E1Innate vs adaptive(coming)
  2. E2The cell cast(coming)

Antigen presentation

How the adaptive system learns what to attack.

  1. E1Why antigen presentation is needed(coming)
  2. E2Dendritic cells(coming)
  3. E3Cross-presentation(coming)
  4. E4Tumor antigen(coming)

Tumor microenvironment

The tumor as an ecosystem, not a lump.

  1. E1The ecosystem framing(coming)
  2. E2Cold vs hot tumors(coming)
  3. E3Treg, MDSC, TAM(coming)
  4. E4Checkpoint logic(coming)

Vaccine development

What it takes to teach a body a new lesson on purpose.

  1. E1Basics(coming)
  2. E2mRNA(coming)
  3. E3Why cancer vaccines are hard(coming)
  4. E4Next-gen pipeline(coming)