Immunology and aging

The Xia lab seeks to address one of biology’s central questions: how does the human genome control the identity and function of thousands of cell types, and what goes wrong with the cells in conditions like aging and cancer? In our lab, we combine state...

We are trying to understand how circulating cells manage to leave the blood stream and home to distinct organs or tissues where they may have crucial physiologic functions or may cause disease. Despite considerable progress in this field, it is still...