RedHill announces presentation of positive oral opaganib phase 2 data in COVID-19
Opaganib was associated with a reduction in the need for supplemental oxygen support, earlier time to discharge from hospital and ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
A key player in cell death moonlights as a mediator of inflammation
Researchers from Kanazawa University find that gasdermin D, a protein known to be involved in cell death, is also crucial ...
For the first time, researchers visualize metabolic process at the single-cell level
Credit: Fang Lab at University of Chicago Understanding cellular metabolism - how a cell uses energy- could be key to ...
$1 million grant to address cold storage logistics in vaccine delivery
Credit: Penn State College of Engineering COVID-19 vaccines have been tested, validated and administered to millions of people around the ...
Early encounter of microbes and fetal immune system during second trimester of gestation
Findings indicate broader implications towards establishment of immune competency and priming before birth, a concept not explored before in fetal ...
Natural killers: Using the body’s cells to target breast cancer
Study lays groundwork for possible new immunotherapy for the world's most commonly diagnosed cancerCredit: Clemson University It sounds like a ...
Data and safety review board reports how it monitored the COVID-19 vaccine trials
Responsibility for the safety, integrity and scientific validity of the trials fell to 12 experts of the COVID-19 Vaccine Data ...
AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare
Gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections provide a map to help define patients' immune responses, measure disease severity, ...
A new culprit in antibacterial resistance: cysteine persulfide
Top: β-lactam antimicrobial agents rupture bacteria by destroying their cell walls. A joint research project based in Kumamoto University, Japan ...
Speech droplets drive transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Dr. Bax A new review published in the Journal of Internal Medicine indicates that unmasked speech in confined spaces ...
No health worries for children born to mothers given seasonal flu vaccine in pregnancy
uOttawa/CHEO study finds no increased risk of early childhood health issues following exposure to seasonal flu vaccination during pregnancyCredit: University ...
ONK Therapeutics and Trinity researchers seek improved cancer therapies
Credit: ONK Therapeutics and Trinity College Dublin. ONK Therapeutics Ltd, an innovative natural killer (NK) cell therapy company, today announced ...
The molecular underpinnings of immune cell migration
Researchers from Osaka University reveal the molecular mechanism by which immune cells migrate and reach the site of infectionCredit: Osaka ...
International coalition classifies 25 subtypes of uveitis, an inflammatory eye disease
NIH-funded classification criteria will facilitate clinical research for new therapiesCredit: National Eye Institute (NEI) An international coalition of eye researchers ...
An ‘atlas’ of the brain’s choroid plexus across the lifespan
New resource for neuroscience maps cell types, secreted proteins, spatial organization, and moreCredit: Dani N, Herbst RH, et al. Cell ...
Collaboration controls killers
St. Jude researching how effector and killer T cells can be controlled to destroy cancer cells that resist treatmentCredit: St. ...
Researcher gets $2.7 million grant to study seasonal and universal vaccination in aged populations
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Sang-Moo Kang, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received ...
How do bad kidneys lead to heart disease? Broken cellular clocks provide new clues
Researchers find how chronic kidney disease induces heart inflammation through white blood cellsCredit: Ohdo Lab/Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan--According to the ...
Extensive study identifies over a dozen existing drugs as potential COVID-19 therapies
FDA-approved drugs or experimental drugs with ample health data could be rapidly tested in humans for treatment of COVID-19Credit: Scripps ...
New study may help explain low oxygen levels in COVID-19 patients
U of A researchers find SARS-CoV-2 infects immature red blood cells, reducing oxygen in the blood and impairing immune responseCredit: ...
