Public health leadership paramount to emerging coronavirus pandemic
Credit: Florida Atlantic University For decades, public health officials have directed the containment of emerging pandemics - perhaps most notably ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
AFAR Webinar: COVID-19: Can the Science of Aging Move Us Forward?
Leading Experts to Discuss How Geroscience Insights and Promising Therapeutics Could Lessen the Severity of Pandemics, Age-Related DiseasesCredit: AFAR March ...
JNCCN: How to manage cancer care during COVID-19 pandemic
Experts from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance share lessons learned from early experiences treating people with cancer during COVID-19 outbreak via ...
New understanding of immune modulator interleukin-2 guides drug discovery
A new study shows how IL-2's flexible structure governs its effects on the immune system, providing crucial information for harnessing ...
Webinars with patients-survey: 73% with chronic illnesses feel more COVID-19 risk
Ongoing series of surveys of 1,300 patients is tracking changing concerns over two weeks as pandemic continuesCredit: Health Perspectives Group ...
A new strategy for the management of inflammatory pain
Immune cells produce endogenous pain-relieving substancesCredit: Machelska/ Charité A group of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has discovered a ...
GCS centres to help COVID-19 researchers access HPC resources
German supercomputing centres will expedite HPC access to fight the coronavirus.Credit: Gauss Centre for Supercomputing Effective immediately, the Gauss Centre ...
Receptors for the immune defence
Max Planck researchers investigate the function of immune genes in primitive mammalsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics Adaptive immunity is ...
2020 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter prize for Shimon Sakaguchi
Coveted award honors the discovery of regulatory T cells and their role in self-toleranceCredit: Shimon Sakaguchi, Osaka FRANKFURT am MAIN. ...
Molds damage the lung’s protective barrier to spur future asthma attacks
Credit: Bruce Klein MADISON, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a new way that common Aspergillus molds can ...
Specialized helper cells contribute to immunological memory
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine, Ludivine Litzler Helper T cells play an important role in the immune response ...
Wyss Institute announces ‘Immuno-engineering to Improve Immunotherapy’ Center
Cancer immunologists and biological engineers will develop new biomaterials-based approaches to enable anti-cancer immune-therapies for therapy-resistant cancersCredit: David Zhang/Wyss Institute ...
Connecting interferon, neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine When immunologist Dr. Wei Cao joined Baylor College of Medicine three-and-a-half years ago, her first ...
X-ray eyes peer deeper into deadly pathogen
Credit: James Zook Tularemia is a rare but often lethal disease. It is caused by one of the most aggressive ...
IVI and DTU to strengthen external quality assurance in the face of rising AMR in Asia
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) received a Fleming Fund Regional Grant to increase the ...
Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating ‘sponges’
Credit: Courtesy of Nature A "decoy" mechanism has been found in human and animal cells to protect them from potentially ...
Novel compound sparks new malaria treatment hope
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute A novel class of antimalarial compounds that can effectively kill malaria parasites has been ...
Hydrogen sulfide heightens disease in tuberculosis, suggesting a new therapeutic target
The tuberculosis bacteria induce increased hydrogen sulfide production by human macrophages, which increases pathogenesis.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A new ...
Researchers link immune system to salt-sensitive hypertension in CKD
Credit: Department of Nephrology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that immune system signaling molecule TNF-α may ...
Improving shoes, showers, 3D printing: Research launching to the space station
A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station on the 20th SpaceX ...
