Frederic Geissmann: Featured News

Memorial Sloan Kettering immunologist Frederic Geissmann
Researchers discover how immune cells called macrophages regulate whether fat is stored or burned.
Electronic microscope enlargement of macrophage cell (tinted green)
In the Lab
A surprising finding challenges long-held dogma about how certain immune cells develop into specialized types in diverse tissues.
A network of neurons
Finding
New findings from experiments done in mice suggest a surprising cause of common neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.