
From Wuhan to San Diego—How a mutation on the novel coronavirus has come to dominate the globe
Flashback to mid-March: the novel coronavirus had reached San Diego, California. Few people could get tested, and even less was

Even in the worst COVID-19 cases, the body launches immune cells to fight back
LA JOLLA—A new study from researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC)

Before Catching Coronavirus, Some People’s Immune Systems Are Already Primed to Fight It

What we can learn from SARS
LA JOLLA, CA—Seventeen years ago, another viral outbreak was in the news. People wore masks, many were nervous to fly.

First detailed analysis of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 bodes well for COVID-19 vaccine development
LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists around the world are racing to develop a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 infection, and epidemiologists are

Can You Get The Coronavirus Twice?
With scattered reports of recovered COVID-19 patients testing positive again, a lot of people are wondering if it’s possible to

VOA-TEK: COVID-19 Research
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has the world in its grip. Not since the Spanish flue outbreak of 1918

LJI’s Erica Ollmann Saphire Receives $100,000 Fast Grant for COVID-19 Research
LA JOLLA—San Diego researcher Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., a professor at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), has received

LJI Scientists Awarded New Funding to Combat COVID-19
LA JOLLA—The coronavirus behind COVID-19 is new in the human population, meaning few have any natural immunity to the disease.