{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"115651","title":"Why immune responses to vaccines vary from person to person","body":"Vaccines protect most people from serious illness, but the strength of that protection can vary considerably from one person to another. Some people produce a robust immune response, while others respond only weakly.A new study led by Arizona State University helps us understand why. Before a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-08-20T08:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/20\/2026-8:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Vaccines protect most people from serious illness, but the strength of that protection can vary considerably from one person to another. Some people produce a robust immune response, while others respond only weakly. A new study led by Arizona State University helps us understand why.","teaser":"Vaccines protect most people from serious illness, but the strength of that protection can vary considerably from one person to another. Some people produce a robust immune response, while others respond only weakly.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-07\/labaer-cell-press-asu-banner.png?itok=M0NRNnQh","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260820-science-and-technology-why-immune-responses-vaccines-vary-person-person","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-07\/labaer-cell-press-asu-banner.png?itok=M0NRNnQh","image_alt":"Graphic illustration depicting the silhouettes of a person giving another person a shot.","image_caption":"ASU researchers used AI to analyze antibodies already present in the blood, uncovering patterns that may reveal a person\u2019s \u201cimmune readiness\u201d before vaccination. 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Although they are the subject of enormous research, many puzzles remain.Why do vaccines prevent illness in one individual while failing to provide the same level of protection in another? Which\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222022-11-08T09:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/08\/2022-9:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The effectiveness of vaccines for influenza and COVID-19 are among the vital questions to be addressed in an ambitious, five-year, $12.5 million project undertaken by Arizona State University\u2019s Biodesign Institute, in close collaboration with Phoenix Children\u2019s, Valleywise Health and ASU Health Services. The project builds on the ongoing, year-to-year efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to evaluate how well influenza vaccines perform across populations and under a range of conditions.","teaser":"Modern vaccines against infectious disease have saved hundreds of millions of lives around the world. 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Likewise, it\u2019s reported that in the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson\u2019s, Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia, people may lose their sense of smell\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222021-07-21T07:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E07\/21\/2021-7:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Since 2005, Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance for Health Care have provided seed funding to new interdisciplinary and translational joint research projects. 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This in turn should aid in the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222020-08-27T15:27:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/27\/2020-3:27pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A team of scientists from ASU\u2019s School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute recently published a study in Nature Communications that helps clarify the contributions to an ion channel\u2019s temperature \u2014 dependent activation. This in turn should aid in the development of new types of nonaddictive pain therapies.","teaser":"A team of scientists from Arizona State University\u0027s\u0026nbsp;School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute recently published a study in Nature","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/wade_marcia_article.jpg?itok=F4zUtvnm","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20200827-new-study-takes-aim-advanced-types-nonaddictive-pain-therapies","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Molecular Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Jenny Green","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-1430","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/wade_marcia_article.jpg?itok=F4zUtvnm","image_alt":"TRPV1 ion channel","image_caption":"Heat activates the TRPV1 channel, which is in the middle. In red is the domain the authors show to be central to heat activation; the molecule on the right is capsaicin. It is the cognate agonist for TRPV1, and it also is the active ingredient in spicy food and pepper\/bear spray. In the end, TRPV1 integrates these stimuli, which sends the signals to the brain for interpretation (i.e. TRPV1 is the receptor that initiates signal transduction). Credit: Wade Van Horn\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n \u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Single Molecule Biophysics|Biodesign Virginia G. 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Piper Charitable Trust will vastly increase efforts now underway at Arizona State University to coordinate preparedness responses to the novel coronavirus pandemic.The grants will support the university\u2019s work in three areas:Testing of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222020-03-30T10:30:00-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/30\/2020-10:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A $2 million donation in emergency grants from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust will vastly increase efforts now underway at Arizona State University to coordinate preparedness responses to the novel coronavirus pandemic. ","teaser":"A $2 million donation in emergency grants from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust will vastly increase efforts now underway at Arizona State University to coordinate preparedness responses to the novel coronavirus pandemic.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20200330_covid_tesk_kits_074.jpg?itok=XhzJfQa0","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20200330-arizona-impact-asu-receives-2-million-emergency-grants-virginia-g-piper-charitable-trust","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Media Relations \u0026amp; Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joe Caspermeyer","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4858","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20200330_covid_tesk_kits_074.jpg?itok=XhzJfQa0","image_alt":"COVID-19 test kits","image_caption":"ASU is assembling thousands of COVID-19 nose and throat swab test kits that are in short supply for health care providers. 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The conference highlighted recent advances that have allowed scientists to probe critical aspects of nature occurring at mind-bogglingly tiny dimensions of space and during fleetingly brief flickers of time.","teaser":"Early in November, researchers from around the world gathered at Arizona State University\u2019s Tempe campus for an unusual scientific conference.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/image009_1.jpg?itok=30qpQ27H","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20191127-world-top-researchers-convene-asu-biodesign-improve-understanding-molecules-action","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/image009_1.jpg?itok=30qpQ27H","image_alt":"ASU logo sign in front of palo verde trees","image_caption":"Nearly 200 researchers from all over the world attended  \u201cFunctional dynamics \u2014 visualizing molecules in action,\u201d co-sponsored by Nature Research and the Biodesign Institute.","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Virginia G. 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The avalanche of studies used to better understand illnesses and design effective therapies costs billions of dollars and potentially affects millions of lives.So, it would seem\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-09-23T10:50:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/23\/2019-10:50am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Biological samples can be highly susceptible to changes over time, which often occur when they are removed from deep refrigeration. Degraded samples can produce spurious results in research. To address these concerns, ASU researcher Chad Borges and his colleagues have designed a highly sensitive test that can be used to establish the integrity of blood plasma and serum, the most common biosamples used in medical research.","teaser":"Effective diagnosis and treatment of disease draws on painstaking research, which often relies on biological samples.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/borges_plasma_albumin_biodesign_arizona-state-university_1.jpg?itok=paQdLBH7","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190923-better-samples-better-science-new-study-explores-integrity-research-specimens","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/borges_plasma_albumin_biodesign_arizona-state-university_1.jpg?itok=paQdLBH7","image_alt":"ASU logo sign in front of palo verde trees","image_caption":"Ensuring the proper handling of biological samples used for research is the first step in careful research that meets the necessary high standards of reliability and reproducibility.  A new test designed by Chad Borges and his colleagues, which relies on accurate measurement of the relative proportions of two forms of the protein albumin present in blood, was recently described in the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics.","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics|School of Molecular Sciences|Biodesign Institute|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Bioscience|Health care|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"83472","title":"Bright lights, big science","body":"Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C \u2014 the latest addition to the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University \u2014 a pathbreaking machine is quietly taking shape. Designed to unlock some of nature\u2019s tiniest and most fleeting mysteries, the compact X-ray free electron laser (CXFEL)\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-09-17T10:04:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/17\/2019-10:04am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C \u2014 the latest addition to the Biodesign Institute at ASU \u2014 a pathbreaking machine is quietly taking shape. Designed to unlock some of nature\u2019s tiniest and most fleeting mysteries, the compact X-ray free electron laser (CXFEL) is the only instrument of its kind in the world. Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it is supporting the project with a $4.7 million grant to advance the audacious undertaking, funding a comprehensive design study of the new device.","teaser":"Deep within the subterranean confines of Building C \u2014 the latest addition to the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University \u2014 a pathbreaking machine is quietly taking shape.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/190909-cxfel-billgraves-048_3_0.jpg?itok=DZWIkc7T","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190917-discoveries-asu-cxfel-laser-receives-nsf-grant","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/190909-cxfel-billgraves-048_3_0.jpg?itok=DZWIkc7T","image_alt":"ASU logo sign in front of palo verde trees","image_caption":"Bill Graves is a researcher in the Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery and an associate professor of physics at ASU.\u00a0 ","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Virginia G. 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Secreted within the tangles of the ice man\u2019s genetic code was evidence he\u2019d been infected with a bacterial pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-08-26T15:20:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/26\/2019-3:20pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In new research, Joshua LaBaer, executive director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, and his colleagues describe an early detection method for pinpointing molecular signatures of the disease with high accuracy. 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Ticks infected with the bacterial pathogen B. burgdorferi can transmit the pathogen to humans, resulting in Lyme disease. The illness, which may not be immediately detected, causes fever, headache, muscular issues and fatigue. If untreated, rheumatologic, cardiac and neurological complications can result. Currently, there is no vaccine against the illness. Photo by Scott Bauer (image was released by the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the ID k8002-3)","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Virginia G. 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Extracellular vesicles are tiny bubbles of material emitted from most living\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-08-22T13:47:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/22\/2019-1:47pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"With advances in technology and our understanding of the human body come better techniques for diagnosing disease. One recent innovation involves the use of extracellular vesicles as biomarkers for a range of illnesses. ","teaser":"With advances in technology and our understanding of the human body come better techniques for diagnosing disease. One recent innovation involves the use of extracellular vesicles as biomarkers for a range of illnesses.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/evs.png?itok=BrrzUmw_","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190822-researchers-offer-new-strategies-use-extracellular-vesicles-biomarkers","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabrielle Hirneise","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-433-4272","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/evs.png?itok=BrrzUmw_","image_alt":"Vesicles ","image_caption":"Extracellular vesicles are lipid-bound particles containing nucleic acids or proteins that are naturally secreted from cells. Serving a variety of functions ranging from activation of the immune system to disposing of intracellular waste, these vesicles circulate the body continuously, and their contents shed light on potential diseases, including various types of cancer. Graphic by Jason Drees","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics|Biodesign Virginia G. 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The DARPA award, worth up to $38.8 million over four years in phases and options, will build on the university\u2019s growing capabilities in developing molecular diagnostics for applications in defense and human health.","teaser":"Arizona State University announced today that it has been selected by the U.S.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/screenshot_1.png?itok=lEQW0ARa","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190722-darpa-grants-asu-388-million-create-epigenetic-tool-fight-against-weapons-mass-destruction","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute","contributor-contact-information-name":"Dianne Price","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-3396","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/screenshot_1.png?itok=lEQW0ARa","image_alt":"WMD","image_caption":"The ASU team \u2014 led by Joshua LaBaer, executive director of the Biodesign Institute and director of the Center for Personalized Diagnostics, and co-principal investigator Vel Murugan \u2014 aims to develop a technology that will use a single drop of blood to quickly read a person\u2019s epigenetic \u201cfingerprint.\u201d The fingerprint will identify signatures that indicate if the individual has ever been exposed to materials associated with producing weapons of mass destruction.","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Virginia G. 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But we have been conditioned to believe that viruses only pose a threat to life.Until recently, viruses were only thought to be infectious agents that\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-06-25T13:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/25\/2019-1:00pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Until recently, viruses were only thought to be infectious agents that exist and replicate within the cells of a host organism, often causing life-threatening illnesses. Although this is true and much of modern healthcare is aimed at preventing infection at the hands of these pathogens, viruses can also be used to vanquish other diseases without any adverse health effects to the host.","teaser":"Viruses are likely the most abundant biological entities on Earth \u2014 they inhabit every ecosystem and thus have shaped the evolution of most species.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/screen_shot_2019-06-25_at_12.11.33_pm.png?itok=V38fC1D0","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190625-master-immune-system-myxoma-virus-could-solve-long-standing-medical-conundrums","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabrielle Hirneise","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-433-4272","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/screen_shot_2019-06-25_at_12.11.33_pm.png?itok=V38fC1D0","image_alt":"Virus ","image_caption":"Viruses are likely the most abundant biological entities on Earth \u2013 they inhabit every ecosystem and thus have shaped the evolution of most species. But we have been conditioned to believe that viruses only pose a threat to life.","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines and Virotherapy|Biodesign Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics|School of Life Sciences|Biodesign Institute|Center for Evolution and Medicine","interests":"Biology|Bioscience|Health care|Research","audiences":"Faculty","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Science and technology"}}]}