US and Japanese researchers identify how liver cells protect against viral attacks
Results have implications for cellular responses to hepatitis, dengue and ZikaCredit: Daisuke Yamane, D.V.M., Ph.D., Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
Precise decoding of breast cancer cells creates new option for treatment
Credit: Johanna Wagner / UZH) Every year more than 1.7 million women all over the world are diagnosed with breast ...
Developing a vaccine against Nipah virus
PHILADELPHIA -- Nipah virus is a type of RNA virus transmitted from animals to humans. The infection causes severe respiratory ...
Cancers ‘change spots’ to avoid immunotherapy
Bowel cancers can avoid being recognised by immunotherapy by switching off key molecule on surface of cells Growing mini tumours ...
Fishy diagnostics for food allergy testing
James Cook University scientists in Australia have found material commonly used for fish allergy testing is unreliable - potentially putting ...
Diesel exhaust filtered of its tiny particles may worsen allergy-induced lung impairment
Credit: ATS April 9, 2019--Air pollution from diesel engines may worsen allergy-induced lung impairment more when tiny particles are filtered ...
Despite years of progress, many african countries have wide variation in vaccine coverage
New study published in The Lancet helps identify where to improve vaccine deliveryCredit: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation SEATTLE ...
In mice, eliminating damaged mitochondria alleviates chronic inflammatory disease
Treatment with a choline kinase inhibitor prompts immune cells to clear away damaged mitochondria, thus reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and ...
Child vaccination levels falling short in large parts of Africa
Credit: WorldPop A study by the University of Southampton shows that several low-and middle-income countries, especially in Africa, need more ...
Is maternal vaccination safe during breastfeeding?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 10, 2019--In light of the continuing anti-vaccination movement, a provocative ...
Dartmouth researchers offer new insights into how maternal immunity impacts neonatal HSV
Findings from a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, led by David Leib, PhD, professor and chair of ...
Identification of lymph node cells that may play important roles in immune tolerance
Credit: Kanazawa University The thymus is the organ in which T cells*1) differentiate. T cells express various T cell receptors ...
Researchers develop new vaccine against deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Although the virus is initially spread from camel to human, it can then spread from person to person GALVESTON, Texas ...
New research unit approved
"Cytomegalovirus, beware of this new research group!" This could be the motto of a new research unit recently approved by ...
C-Path’s PRO Consortium receives COA qualification from FDA for asthma symptom diaries
TUCSON, Ariz., April 9, 2019 -- Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) Consortium announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
High-tech tissue study reveals which cells drive a painful food allergy
Findings also raise questions about a popular food supplementCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--An eight-year hunt for the cells that drive the ...
InDevR Chosen for NIH’s Innovation Zone at BIO International Convention
One of select group of NIH SBIR awardees to be featured at BIOCredit: InDevR BOULDER COLORADO (4/9/19) -- InDevR announced ...
Specific criteria needed for different types of myeloma
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 8, 2019) - When our plasma cells start producing a ...
Mount Sinai researchers develop treatment that turns tumors into cancer vaccine factories
(New York, NY - April 8, 2019) -- Researchers at Mount Sinai have developed a novel approach to cancer immunotherapy, ...
Identifying a key player in gut defense development
Joint press release by Hokkaido University and Keio UniversityCredit: Kimura S. et al., Journal of Experimental Medicine, March 15, 2019 ...
