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Giant project will chart human immune diversity to improve drugs and vaccines
The Human Immunome Project (HIP) is an initiative that aims to collect immune data from blood and tissue samples from tens of thousands of people collected at hundreds of collection sites around the world to create the most diverse immune database ever constructed.
The collected data will be used to investigate immune system differences across variables such as age, sex, race, diet and socioeconomic levels. The data will also be used to develop AI immune response prediction models. As a proof of concept, HIP will open 7-10 clinics this year, and expects to initiate global collection in 2027.
Source: Science