Shelf-stable vaccines avoid waste, expand access
Manufacturing platform uses freeze-dried components, rehydrated with waterCredit: Justin Muir More than 50% of all vaccines are wasted due to ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
New study to probe how diet and metabolism influence the immune system
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Yasmine Belkaid, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 3, 2021) -- ...
New Allen distinguished investigators tackle questions about metabolism & immune system
Awards announced by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group will fund research in health, disease, and technology development all centered ...
Toward safer steroids: Scientists devise method for improving safety of drug used to treat COVID-19, autoimmune disorders and more
Credit: Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - A collaboration led by Scripps Research has developed a way to separate the beneficial ...
Nasal spray that protects against COVID-19 is also effective against the common cold
Hunter Medical Research InstituteCredit: Hunter Medical Research Institute Research into a new drug which primes the immune system in the ...
Why it is harder for Brazilians of African descent to find bone marrow donors
According to a study published in Frontiers in Immunology, the reason is their genetic heterogeneity and lack of proportional representation ...
Study identifies noncoding RNA involved in immune response and sepsis
A long noncoding RNA regulates the expression of inflammatory genes and has a surprising effect on vulnerability to septic shock ...
How coronavirus damages lung cells within mere hours
Multipronged BU research team finds 18 FDA-approved drugs that could halt coronavirus infection earlierCredit: Courtesy of Hekman, et al. What ...
RedHill announces positive DSMB futility review for P 2/3 COVID-19 study of opaganib
Following interim review of unblinded safety and efficacy data, independent DSMB unanimously recommends continuation of the global Phase 2/3 study ...
£375k study launched to explore experiences of ‘long COVID’
Credit: University of Stirling A new £375,000 study led by the University of Stirling is seeking to understand the lived ...
Deeper insight into how tick spit suppresses cattle immunity
Credit: itabajara da Silva Vaz Jr) A tick saliva study reveals immune responses that could lead to better protection for ...
Putting bugs on the menu, safely
The thought of eating insects is stomach turning for many, but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research is shedding light ...
T cells can mount attacks against many SARS-CoV-2 targets–even on new virus variant
New LJI research gives detailed look at vulnerable sites on the novel coronavirus--beyond the receptor binding domainCredit: NIAID LA JOLLA--A ...
A new study reveals an “Achilles heel” of cancer cells
Researchers from Tel Aviv University shed light on 140-year-old mystery:Credit: Tel Aviv University What makes cancer cells different from ordinary ...
Antibody highs and lows in survivors of Ebola
Credit: Professor Calum Semple A high proportion of survivors of Ebola experienced a resurgence in antibody levels nearly a year ...
Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic
Credit: Credit: Jonathan Windham The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of "big eight" foods that causes 90% ...
Myeloid immune cells in the blood tied to severe COVID-19
Credit: Ulf Sirborn Individual variations in how the immune system responds to SARS-CoV-2 appear to impact the severity of disease. ...
Iron-carrying extracellular vesicles are key to respiratory viral-bacterial co-infection
Credit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26, 2021 - The mechanism by which acute viral respiratory infections promote secondary bacterial ...
New book on Influenza: The Cutting Edge from CSHLPress
Credit: Image courtesy of Michiko Ujie and Masaki Imai, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo Cold Spring Harbor, NY. ...
Immune cells found in the brain are behind the depression experienced in inflammation
Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Special immune cells found in the brain, microglia, play a key role in the processes that ...
