Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma

June 3, 2020

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Results of the phase III Inter-B-NHL-ritux 2010 clinical trial reported today in the New ...

Immune cells multiply and diversify in mouse lungs at birth

A rapid increase in the number and types of immune cells in the lungs of mice after birth may aid ...

Study finds COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy safe, with 76% patients improving

First peer-reviewed publication on US trial results from Houston MethodistCredit: George Kovacik, Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(June 2, 2020) - The country's ...

A better model for neutrophil-related diseases

Credit: Etienne Meylan, EPFL As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, researchers are turning their attention to the virus' biology, ...

Cells that make our insides slick also calm our spleens

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University It's called icing sugar spleen, when the usually purplish organ looks like it ...

Reducing inflammation boosts cognitive recovery after stroke, may extend treatment window

Medical University of South Carolina researchers report that adding a compound to reduce inflammation to standard stroke treatment improves learning, ...

OU College of Medicine awarded $11 million grant to study infections

Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has been awarded an $11 million federal ...

Blood test as a potential new weapon in the fight to eliminate malaria

Development and validation of serological markers for detecting recent Plasmodium vivax infectionCredit: Ehime University Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread ...

Chimeron Bio & George Mason NCBID partner on COVID-19 vaccine using ChaESARTM technology

Collaboration will test pre-clinical efficacy and safety of vaccine pipeline including COVID-19 and other coronavirusesCredit: Chimeron Bio PHILADELPHIA,Pa & FAIRFAX, ...

Eye injury sets immune cells on surveillance to protect the lens

The discovery further challenges the accepted scientific dogma that the lens is shut out from the immune protection.Credit: JodiRae DeDreu, ...

Research highlights immune molecule’s complex role in Huntington’s disease

Credit: Hyeseung Lee/ MIT Picower Institute More than a decade before people with Huntington's disease show symptoms, they can exhibit ...

Promising pre-clinical results for USask VIDO-InterVac COVID-19 vaccine

Credit: University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON - A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Saskatchewan's (USask) Vaccine and Infectious ...

A return to the wild for better immune health

Credit: Jacob Mills A research team led by the University of Adelaide has found that revegetation of green spaces within ...

Researchers develop high-performance cancer vaccine using novel microcapsules