Immune/infectious disease

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anubama Rajan, Divya Nagaraj, Carolyn Bomidi, et al. Single cell sequencing analysis of respiratory syncytial virus–infected pediatric and adult human nose organoids reveals age differences, proliferative diversity and identifies novel cellular tropism. Journal of Infection. 2025;91(4). doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106617