May 29, 2025
Innovation Fund Spotlight: State-of-the-Art Genome Editing To Understand Disease and Develop New Therapies
Read ArticleBlog Posts focused on: Jane H Buckner, MD; Lab Buckner
May 7, 2025
Finding the Root Cause of Lupus
For more than 20 years, Steven Ziegler, PhD, has wondered if an altered version of a protein might play a key role in autoimmune diseases. Now, he finally has the tools to investigate further – and his work could lead to key insights about how and why lupus happens.
May 7, 2025
A New Approach to Autoimmune Disease Treatment Takes a Big Step Forward
BRI’s Buckner Lab has been pioneering an innovative approach that turns cells that cause T1D into cells that protect you from T1D. Now, new research from Soo Jung Yang, PhD, and Ritika Tewari, PhD, shows this strategy may help treat other autoimmune diseases too.
February 10, 2025
Innovation Grant Yields Exciting Advances and Additional Funding
Learn how lab-grown human beta cells are helping Eddie James, PhD, and other BRI researchers answer important questions in type 1 diabetes.
February 10, 2025
A Letter from our President
Read exciting updates and learn what’s on the horizon for 2025 from BRI President Jane Buckner, MD.
January 28, 2025
Interview with Dr. Megan Smithmyer: Type 1 Diabetes Biorepository (BRIDge Study)
Dr. Smithmyer is a staff scientist at Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) in the Center for Interventional Immunology. She has kindly agreed to speak with us about what the BRIDge Biorepository is and its importance to the work that scientists like her do in the realm of type 1 diabetes.
July 3, 2024
Exploring the Exposome: What Role Does Where You Live and What You’re Exposed to Play in Autoimmunity?
Read about BRI’s effort, led by Cate Speake, PhD, and Jane Buckner, MD, to better understand the role environmental factors play in autoimmune disease.
January 10, 2024
On the Brink of a Golden Age of Medicine
"I know we will reach that golden age, and BRI’s research in human immunology is the vehi¬cle that will take us there. This field has shepherded incredible advances in recent years, including new vaccines, new cancer treatments, and new and better treatment options for autoimmune disease."
March 29, 2023
Learning How Tregs Keep Your Immune System in Check
The immune system keeps us healthy by maintaining a delicate balance. Every cell has a purpose: Some sound the alarm when they see an invader. Some attack germs that don’t belong. And some patrol the other cells in the immune system to make sure they’re doing their job.
December 30, 2022
A Heartfelt Thank You: One Scientist Shares How Donors Make an Impact at BRI
This giving season, on behalf of our team, I extend a heartfelt thank you to all BRI donors and share some of the meaningful ways your philanthropy supports our work.
December 19, 2022
A Promising New Approach to Stopping Type 1 Diabetes
A new study, led by a BRI researcher and published in Science Translational Medicine, put engineered t-regulatory cells to the test. In lab tests, the research team found that the engineered cells controlled the cells that attack the pancreas in T1D patients.
