Strategies to enhance, suppress, or qualitatively shape the immune response are of
importance for diverse biomedical applications, such as the development of new vaccines …

Therapies modulating the immune system offer the prospect of treating a wide range of
conditions including infectious diseases, cancer and autoimmunity. Biomaterials can …

Modulation of the immune system is an important therapeutic strategy in a wide range of
diseases, and is fundamental to the development of vaccines. However, optimally safe and …

Controlled modulation of immune response, especially the balance between
immunostimulatory and immunosuppressive responses, is critical for a variety of clinical …

Immunoregulation represents a booming field of biomaterial design. The unique physical
and chemical properties of biomaterials offer tremendous opportunities for development …

Conspectus A major function of the immune system is to detect threat from foreign invaders,
tissue damage, or cancer and to mount a counter response that resolves the threat, restores …

Primary and secondary lymphoid organs are tissues that facilitate differentiation of B and T
cells, leading to the induction of adaptive immune responses. These organs are present in …

Recent research in the vaccine and immunotherapy fields has revealed that biomaterials
have the ability to activate immune pathways, even in the absence of other immune …

Human immune system acts as a pivotal role in the tissue homeostasis and disease
progression. Immunomodulatory biomaterials that can manipulate innate immunity and …

Recently, biomaterial scientists have married materials engineering and immunobiology to
conceptualize new immunomodulatory materials. This special class of biomaterials can …