immunology
noun
im·mu·nol·o·gy
ˌi-myə-ˈnä-lə-jē 
: a science that deals with the immune system and the cell-mediated and humoral aspects of immunity and immune responses
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
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Sakaguchi is an expert in immunology at the University of Osaka, Brunkow is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, and Ramsdell is a co-founder of Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company based in San Francisco.
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
Oncology isn’t the only field in pursuit of valuable information about single rare cells—fields including developmental biology, immunology, stem cell biology, neuroscience, and infectious disease all require studying individual cells.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Orange is an immunology expert with strong research credentials.
—Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Sakaguchi is an expert in immunology at the University of Osaka, Brunkow is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, and Ramsdell is a co-founder of Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company based in San Francisco.
—Connor Greene, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Immunology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immunology. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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immunology
noun
im·mu·nol·o·gy
ˌim-yə-ˈnäl-ə-jē
plural immunologies
: a science that deals with the immune system and the cell-mediated and humoral aspects of immunity and immune responses
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