Immunology

New collaborative international project, headed by Bar-Ilan University, aims to promote human immunological data storage, integration and controlled sharing to...

Verifying the accuracy of a documented penicillin allergy can improve treatment outcomes, avoid spread of antibiotic resistance While more than...

A PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases press releaseCredit: Morris, et al. (2019) Madariaga virus (MADV), or South American eastern equine encephalitis...

Study identifies key step in spread of drug resistance, opportunity for intervention Spotless surfaces in hospitals can hide bacteria that...

Researchers find that neuropeptide Y (NPY) makes influenza worse when produced by lung immune cells Osaka, Japan - Severe influenza...

For many years, a team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been focussing on developing a vaccine that...

Same force that influences economics and physics complicates efforts to prevent diseaseCredit: Figure courtesy of Feng Fu and Xingru Chen....

Multisector collaboration yields first-in-human clinical trial for testing novel Zika antibody therapy. PHILADELPHIA -- (January 8, 2019) -- The Wistar...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered a protein that prevents mosquitoes from hatching, opening the possibility of developing...

A protein required for development of mosquito eggs may provide a mosquito-selective target for insecticide development, according to a new...

Genetic evidence shows bacteria on the International Space Station are adapting to survive, not to harmCredit: NASA/Roscosmos EVANSTON, Ill. ---...

Patients with cystic fibrosis are often infected by pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that infects the lungs and prevents breathing, often...

A tweak to our flu vaccine resupply logistics could save thousands of livesCredit: National Archives (US) More than 50 million...

Credit: A. Moosmann/Helmholtz Centre Munich Cytomegalovirus is widespread and remains in the body for a lifetime after infection. In healthy...

1. Screening all donated blood for Zika virus is not cost-effective in the United States Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-2238 Editorial: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-3527 URLs...

New genus of filovirus found in fruit bats may be capable of infecting other speciesCredit: Rajesh Puttaswamaiah, Bat Conservation India...

SINGAPORE, 8 January 2019 - Researchers from Singapore's Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with scientists in China, have identified and...

Groundbreaking work could lay foundation for a vaccineCredit: (Photo/Gus Ruelas) Two groundbreaking discoveries by USC researchers could lead to medications...

New Haven, Conn. -- Taking prescribed opioids raises the risk of pneumonia in individuals with and without HIV, a new...

A research team led by scientists at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health report on a new method...