How are advances in immunology transforming medical research and medical care? And how will these advances help to improve and prolong the lives of patients? In this supplement to Science, leading immunologists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, Dean for Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation, and Brian Brown, PhD, Director of the Icahn Genomics Institute - write:
“A revolution has come to medicine, and it was hiding in our blood, tissues, and organs all along. Science and medicine are now coming to the realization that the immune system is a component and even cause of all major human diseases - and the more we learn about the system, the better we could treat these diseases.”
The supplement is the fifth in a special series, “Frontiers of Medical Research,” developed by Icahn Mount Sinai. In it, nine concise articles explore how breakthroughs in immunology research are changing our collective understanding of a wide range of diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular conditions, and are leading to new therapies to protect, improve, and extend the lives of many patients.
We hope you will find these new dispatches from the frontiers of medical research informative, useful, and thought-provoking.