Every individual’s immune system is distinct and changes over time, affecting their health and disease response. Recently, researchers mapped human immune cells to explore what defines a healthy immune system across different ages.
“None of the [current immune-based] atlases were actually robust enough for our purposes,” said Claire Gustafson, an immunologist at the Allen Institute for Immunology, who led the Human Immune Health Atlas project to gain insight into the immune system’s complexity and diversity.
