What is Immune Engineering?

Immune Engineering is a set of tools and technologies to modulate the immune system.

Immune engineering is a rapidly growing field that merges engineering techniques with basic and translational immunology to generate innovative solutions to treat cancer, infectious disease, immunological disorders and major injuries.

The two main fields that form the foundation of Immune Engineering are Biomaterials and Cell & Gene Therapy.

Examples of Immune Engineering Approaches

• Manipulated immune cells as therapeutics (e.g. CAR T cells)
• Nanoparticle vaccines (e.g. the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines)
• Biomaterials that direct immune cells to behave certain ways upon implantation or injection (e.g. regenerative implants)

Synergy with Other Fields