Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason is an internationally recognized non-profit medical research institute. Our work has resulted in major advances against the more than 80 autoimmune diseases impacting 1 in every 15 Americans, as well as allergies and asthma that afflict 1 in 5 Americans. Because diseases of the immune system all share a common cause-mistakes made by the body's immune system-we're fighting them together. What we learn from one disease is applied to others, accelerating discovery and breakthroughs. The overall impact of our research is to improve human health by translating discoveries in the lab to therapies in the clinic.