Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch ...

Penn to co-lead $6.5 million transatlantic grant to investigate the role of the immune system in health

The international team of researchers will focus on inflammation and the role different cells in the immune system play in ...

Single-dose flu drug can reduce spread within households, study finds

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of ...

Altimmune COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested at UAB shows positive preclinical results

AdCOVID stimulated both strong serum neutralizing activity and potent mucosal IgA immunity in the respiratory tract.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - ...

Drug linked to 45% lower risk of dying among COVID-19 patients on ventilators

Patients who received single intravenous dose of tocilizumab were also more likely to leave the hospital or be off ventilator ...

Basel study: Why lopinavir and hydroxychloroquine do not work on COVID-19

July 10, 2020

Credit: University Hospital Basel, Fabian Fiechter Lopinavir is a drug against HIV, hydroxychloroquine is used to treat malaria and rheumatism. ...

Neonatal exposure to antigens of commensal bacteria promotes broader immune repertoire

This mouse study looked at a group of immune cells called innate-like B-1 B cellsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University ...

Salmonella biofilm protein causes autoimmune responses — Possible link with Alzheimer’s

Credit: Debra Marshall/VIDO-InterVac Scientists from the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...

Expansion stress enhances growth and migration of breast cancer cells

This study was done in mice and with a novel, tissue-engineered, three-dimensional breast cancer mimetic systemCredit: UAB Expansion stress can ...

Sustained support for WHO “vital to us all as we age,” say AGS experts

Lung, immune function in kids could protect from severe COVID-19

Credit: Photo credit: Krithika Lingappan, MBBS; Matthew Harting, MD; Bindu Akkanti, MD Differences in lung physiology and immune function in ...

Host cell fusion in bacteria infection alarms immune system, causing host cell destruction

Credit: Dr Gan Yunn Hwen Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium in the soil that causes melioidosis, a tropical disease with ...

Protecting cancer patients from COVID-19: World-first trial tests novel immune-booster

Credit: The Ottawa Hospital In the race to find new ways to prevent and treat COVID-19, Canadian researchers have launched ...

Links between parents’ and children’s asthma and allergies