Call for caution for using a CAR-T immunotherapy against acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: Pablo Menéndez Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy which incidence increases with age, that is biologically, phenotypically, ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
‘Relaxed’ T cells critical to immune response
Rice University researchers model how cells handle invaders, ignore impostersCredit: Hamid Teimouri/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 16, 2020) - Like ...
Antibodies against sugars, internal radiation: Powerful package against cervical cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The sugar coating on cancer cells helps them thrive, and a new study ...
Tuberculosis vaccine strengthens immune system
Study by the Universities of Bonn and Nijmegen explains how BCG vaccination reduces susceptibility to infectionsCredit: © University Bonn A ...
Putting ‘super’ in natural killer cells
Deleting an inhibitory gene in natural killer cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells is found to boost their anti-tumor ...
A novel mechanism that triggers a cellular immune response
Credit: National Cancer Institute Viruses and other disease-causing microbes influence the type of immune response their hosts will develop against ...
Reprogramming of immune system cures child with often-fatal fungal infection
UCLA team's approach suggests possible path toward treating other severe infectionsCredit: Nick Carranza / UCLA Health In the June 11 ...
UVA Health expanding food allergy research, clinical trials
Only Virginia hospital chosen for National Food Allergy Clinical NetworkCredit: UVA Health UVA Health and UVA Children's are increasing access ...
Glycolysis involved in immunosuppression by polyphenol; PCB2DG
Credit: Sachi Tanaka, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Department of Agriculture, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Shinshu University ...
New method to identify genes that can drive development of brain tumors
Credit: Graphics: L. Gaffney Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a method for identifying functional mutations and their effect on ...
Biomedical sciences researcher gets $1.95 million federal grant to study cause of autoimmunity
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Leszek Ignatowicz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has ...
Fighting mosquito-borne viruses requires a precise balance of immune cells
Future vaccines will need to harness the power of T cells in preventing Zika fever and Japanese encephalitisCredit: Madeline McCurry-Schmidt, ...
Leukemia immune profiles predict drug resistance and benefits of immunotherapy
Credit: By analyzing 442 samples from three groups of children and adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), researchers have identified ...
COVID-19: Virginia launches statewide antibody testing
Credit: UVA Health UVA Health has partnered with the Virginia Department of Health and other hospitals around the state to ...
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