Immune/infectious disease

Lynn E Taylor, Etai T Bally, Zachary Burns. Supporting CDC’s Elimination of Research on Nonhuman Primates. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2026:jiag186. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiag186

Nathalia Almeida, Sam Acors, Daniel Cox, et al. Generation and characterization of iPSC models from HIV-1-positive individuals with divergent clinical outcomes. Stem Cell Reports. 2026. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2025.102786

Karen Hoffmann, Ulrike Behrendt, Peter Pennitz, et al. Mechanical strain exacerbates <i>Pseudomonas</i> infection in an organoid-based pneumonia-on-a-chip model. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2026;136(2). doi:10.1172/JCI192454

Johanna Friederike Steffen, Lina Widerspick, Stephanie Jansen, Dennis Tappe. A human cerebral organoid model of West Nile virus encephalitis shows innate immunocompetency. Nature Communications. 2026;17(1):2318. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-70281-x

Lena Gauthier, Hristina Koceva, Yann Bachelot, et al. Generation of an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Alveolar Type II In Vitro Model to Study Influenza A Virus Infection and Drug Treatments. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2026;15(11):e05141. doi:10.1002/adhm.202405141

Chak Hon Luk, Gabriel L. Conway, Kim Jee Goh, et al. Autologous human iPSC–derived alveolus-on-chip reveals early pathological events of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Science Advances. 2026;12(1):eaea9874. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aea9874

Yansong Peng, Esak Lee. Lymphatics-on-a-chip microphysiological system: engineering lymphatic structure and function in vitro. Lab on a Chip. 2026. doi:10.1039/D5LC00875A

Min Liu, Jonathan G. Faris, Amanda R. Panfil, Cody J. Warren. How new approach methods are reshaping virology research. Journal of Virology. 2026;100(4):e0132625. doi:10.1128/jvi.01326-25

Rajamuthu Srinivasan, Paul Desert. New approach methodologies in non-clinical safety assessment of vaccines. NAM Journal. 2026;2:100087. doi:10.1016/j.namjnl.2026.100087

Kuan Liu, Yilan Zhao, Erika M. Joloya, et al. Organoids as platforms for infectious disease research. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 2026:1-20. doi:10.1038/s44222-026-00445-3