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Lingyin Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Stanford University. Her research focuses on chemical biology and the biochemical mechanisms underlying innate immunity. By examining the pathways that defend against pathogens, Li and her lab explore exciting opportunities for therapeutic development. They investigate diverse molecular patterns of pathogens and less-explored messengers to create drugs with well-understood mechanisms. The lab's work also includes investigating the activation of innate immunity as a therapeutic strategy for vaccination, viral infection, and cancer, while addressing how modulation could treat autoimmune diseases and sterile inflammation. Currently, the lab aims to improve understanding of these pathways to develop precise drugs for specific diseases.
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