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AI and immunology as a new research paradigm

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) hosted a symposium on ‘AI and Immunology: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities’. The event considered how artificial intelligence (AI) can advance research on the multi-scale, adaptive immune system to improve human health, covering basic research and clinical use cases, data and AI model fundamentals.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of AI-empowered immunological research process.

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We thank all symposium participants who attended in person and online for their expertise, insights and stimulating discussions during the symposium. We are deeply indebted to Q. Chen, S. Kleinstein and L. Buyon for their service on the organizing committee, and L. Biven, L. G. Cowell, B. Peters and V. Shanmugam for their service as session chairs. We extend our gratitude to the speakers and panelists at the symposium. This work was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), and the NIAID, NIH.

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  1. Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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Gururaj, A.E., Scheuermann, R.H. & Lin, D. AI and immunology as a new research paradigm. Nat Immunol 25, 1993–1996 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01974-y

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