Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer worldwide, and rates are rising alarmingly among younger adults. Although immunotherapy has transformed treatment for some cancers, more than 90% of co...

A builder and problem solver at heart, she is developing technologies to understand and engineer the roles of cell-surface sugars, called glycans, in the immune system.

Cancer immunotherapy benefits from antibody-lectin chimeras that block glyco-immune checkpoints.

Antibody–lectin chimeras (AbLecs) are an immunotherapy modality designed to bind and block glycans that contribute to immune suppression in cancer. AbLecs enhance antitumor immune responses both in vi...

Professor Tracy Hussell receives the 2025 Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science, recognising her outstanding support of early-career researchers.

Leukocytes accumulate in the skin during psoriatic-like inflammation upon cleavage of surface heparan sulfate.

Leukocytes accumulate in the skin during psoriatic-like inflammation upon cleavage of surface heparan sulfate.

Leukocytes accumulate in the skin during psoriatic-like inflammation upon cleavage of surface heparan sulfate.

Leukocytes accumulate in the skin during psoriatic-like inflammation upon cleavage of surface heparan sulfate.

Leukocytes accumulate in the skin during psoriatic-like inflammation upon cleavage of surface heparan sulfate.

Nature - Slippery proteins in the brain’s blood vessels form a protective barrier that breaks down with age, studies in mice show.