Professor Jose Villadangos
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, the Bio21 Institute, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Health & Medicine
Understanding the response of our immune system’s powerful army
Our immune systems can swing from cytokine storm to immune suppression when fighting infection; understanding why could help us tackle the flu and COVID-19
Health & Medicine
Why flu can be fatal
Patients that become very ill after briefly recovering from a primary infection like flu may have an ‘immunological scar’, and intensive care treatments could be part of the problem