A new molecular player involved in T cell activation
Credit: Scientific Reports When bacteria or viruses enter the body, proteins on their surfaces are recognized and processed to activate T cells, white blood cells...
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Mom, I can't recognize your face from profile view!
Babies recognize faces from profile view in the second half of the first year of lifeCredit: Chuo University Tokyo, Japan -- Babies younger than 6...
Subtype of immune B cells can delay type 1 diabetes onset in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School reports today in the...
Newly identified T cells could play a role in cancer and other diseases
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Ram Raj Singh. FINDINGS Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have identified...
Silicosis is on the rise, but is there a therapeutic target?
Credit: David Gosset / P@CYFIC facility / CBM / CNRS Researchers from the CNRS, the University of Orléans, and the company Artimmune, in collaboration with...
Link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia confirmed
Credit: The University of Queensland Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, a team of Australian and Danish...
Protecting cell powerhouse paves way to better treatment of acute kidney injury
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2018) - For the first time, scientists have described the body's natural mechanism for...
Food system organizations must strengthen their operations to safeguard against potential threats
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Researchers highlight factors that influence how effectively food suppliers and distributors can prepare for and respond to...
OU study explores sexuality & gender gaps in political perspectives among college students
Credit: University of Oklahoma NORMAN--A University of Oklahoma sociologist, Meredith Worthen, has published a new study in the journal, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, on...
Classifying brain microglia: Which are good and which are bad?
New study is perhaps the most comprehensive survey of brain microglia ever conductedCredit: Michael Goderre / Boston Children's Hospital Microglia are known to be important...
Postdoc in UC Riverside School of Medicine receives prestigious NIH fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Rebekah Charney, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded...
Older women who suffer from tooth loss more likely to develop high blood pressure
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Postmenopausal women who have experienced loss of all teeth are at higher risk of developing high blood pressure,...
UTeach Arlington receives grant from city nonprofit to benefit students, local youth
Arlington Tomorrow FoundationCredit: UT Arlington The UTeach Arlington secondary math and science teacher preparation program at The University of Texas at Arlington has been selected...
Distinguishing resistance from resilience to prolong antibiotic potency
Defining pathogen responses to first-line antibiotics could prolong their usefulnessCredit: Duke Photography DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown experimentally that there...
World's smallest wearable device warns of UV exposure, enables precision phototherapy
Smaller than an M&M and thinner than a credit card, device can optimize treatment of neonatal jaundice, skin diseases, seasonal affective disorder and reduce risk...
