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Immune Aging Regulation Lab
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A lab that studies immune responses to infectious diseases and cancer, aiming to develop vaccines and immunotherapies.
AboutAbout the lab
Linking differences in immune responses to drug discovery.
The Immune Aging Regulation Lab pursues drug discovery research that returns results to patients and is oriented toward clinical use, centered on immunological studies of infectious diseases and intractable cancers.
Using samples from non-human primates and clinical specimens from humans, it uncovers the diverse immune responses seen in each disease.
In the future, it aims to lead to the development of new vaccines and immunotherapies.
On the lab's website, it is introduced as the “Precision Immunology Project” of the Center for Intractable Diseases and Immunogenomics.
Key terms
- Non-human primates
- Primates other than humans. In this lab, specimens from monkeys are compared side by side with human clinical specimens.
- Clinical specimens
- Samples obtained from patients and used in research.
- Immune response
- The reaction that the body's immune system shows to pathogens, vaccines, and the like.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to analyze human clinical specimens and samples from non-human primates and others to uncover the diverse immune responses in each disease. In the future, its goal is to lead to the development of new vaccines and immunotherapies.
*Illustrative imageBuilding a foundation for advanced immune analysis
The lab is developing a platform that can analyze, from multiple angles and at high resolution, each individual's immune system and differences in responses to substances that trigger immunity (immunogens). It identifies issues through analysis of human clinical specimens, then validates new treatments and diagnostic biomarkers in rodents and non-human primates.
*Illustrative imageDrug discovery based on individual differences in immunity
Comparing human clinical specimens side by side with specimens from genetically modified mice and monkeys, the lab builds analytical systems that connect directly to clinical application and searches for biomarkers. It aims to establish new methods of prevention and treatment.
*Illustrative imageImmunology research on infectious diseases
The lab works on developing immunotherapy aimed at curing AIDS, and on immunogenomic and omics analyses related to the pathology of HTLV-1 infection. It is also pursuing research on developing a new COVID-19 vaccine, a universal influenza vaccine, a dengue fever vaccine, and a therapeutic vaccine for hepatitis B virus.
*Illustrative imageImmunology research on cancer
The lab works on building a foundation for developing immunotherapies using mRNA/saRNA modalities and on developing new cancer immunotherapies for intractable cancers. It also performs immunogenomic and omics analyses of intractable cancers, including pancreatic cancer.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Immune Aging Regulation Lab consist of a project leader, sub-project leaders, senior researchers, project researchers, specially appointed researchers, research coordination specialists, technical assistants, affiliated graduate students, trainees, visiting researchers, and collaborative researchers.As of 2026
- Project LeaderTakuya Yamamoto
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “Red White Blood cells” Red_White_Blood_cells.jpg: Electron Microscopy Facility at The National Cancer Institute at Frederick (NCI-Frederick) derivative work: WhatamIdoing (talk) / Public domain (cropped)
- Building a foundation for advanced immune analysis: “Flow Cytometer (NIH BioArt 160)” Courtesy of NIAID Ryan Kissinger / Public domain (cropped)
- Drug discovery based on individual differences in immunity: “Healthy Human T Cell” NIAID/NIH / Public domain (cropped)
- Immunology research on infectious diseases: “HIV-budding-Color” Photo Credit: C. Goldsmith Content Providers: CDC/ C. Goldsmith, P. Feorino, E. L. Palmer, W. R. McManus / Public domain (cropped)
- Immunology research on cancer: “Solo-mrna-vaccine-3” Spencerbdavis / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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