Human gut-in-a-dish model helps define ‘leaky gut,’ and outline a pathway to treatment
3D human gut organoids reveal molecular system that keeps intestinal linings sealed, demonstrate how the system breaks down and how ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
Biomedical sciences researcher gets $1.67 million federal grant to study gut immunity
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Tim Denning, professor and associate director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State ...
Geography, age and anemia shape childhood vaccine responses in Sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: Vaccine responses in the developing immune systems of children may depend on factors such as age, location and anemia ...
A new approach to calm that angry nose
Osaka University-led study shows that semaphorin protein induces allergic reactions and causes formation of nasal polyps in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitisCredit: ...
Development of the immune system varies according to age, location and anaemia
A study performed with children from Mozambique and Tanzania indicates that anaemia could reduce vaccine efficacyCredit: ISGlobal Age and geographical ...
Charting immune system development in sub-Saharan African children
Research aims to boost vaccination efficacy in the populations where it matters mostCredit: Image courtesy of Dr Natalia Guimaraes Sampaio ...
Extreme difficulty breathing and swallowing linked to teen’s vaping?
Credit: Children's National Hospital WASHINGTON - A teenage girl with no hint of prior asthma or respiratory illness began to ...
Dietary interventions may slow onset of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 4, 2020) -- Significantly reducing dietary levels of the amino ...
First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others
Researchers also report that travel-related screening for coronavirus will identify less than half of those infectedCredit: Dan Higgins/Courtesy of CDC/Douglas ...
Brain links to embryonic immunity, guiding response of the ‘troops’ that battle infection
Tufts University-led team of biologists discovers neurotransmitter signals guide migration of immune cells to infection sitesCredit: Celia Herrera-Rincon, Tufts University ...
Cold plasma patch could make immunotherapy more effective for treating melanoma
The patch significantly prolonged survival, inhibited growth of tumors in miceCredit: Zhen Gu Lab/UCLA Los Angeles - An interdisciplinary team ...
Designing an emergency stop switch for immunotherapies
Credit: © Alain Herzog 2020 EPFL Immunotherapy, unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arms the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. ...
IDIBELL researchers discover that a molecule of blood is effective against autoimmune kidney disease
The administration of C4BP in mice that reproduce lupus nephritis considerably improves the symptomatology of the diseaseCredit: Bellvitge Biomedicine Research ...
Agricultural area residents in danger of inhaling toxic aerosols
Overuse of selenium-heavy fertilizers creates airborne, lung-damaging particlesCredit: C M Sabbir Ahmed/UCR Excess selenium from fertilizers and other natural sources ...
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