Tracking down the tiniest of forces: How T cells detect invaders
T cells use their antigen receptors like sticky fingers -- a team from TU Wien and MedUni Vienna was able ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
Chronic attack on the aging nervous system
Credit: Image: Janos Groh / Reprinted by permission from Springer Nature Aging is the biggest risk factor for perturbation of ...
Intranasal influenza vaccine enhances immune response and offers broad protection, researchers find
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--An influenza vaccine that is made of nanoparticles and administered through the nose enhances the body's ...
Research with neutrons for better mRNA medicines
Credit: AstraZeneca. First published in Nigel Davies et al.; Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acid, Volume 24, 4 June 2021, Pages 369-384, ...
Engineering T cells to attack cancer broadly
A new approach to immunotherapy arrests solid tumor growth for a variety of cancers and squashes the spread of cancer ...
Study shows how meningitis-causing bacteria may sense fever to avoid immune killing
Credit: Francesco Righetti Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a mechanism through which meningitis-causing bacteria can evade our ...
How SARS-CoV-2 hijacks human cells to evade immune system
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one way ...
More than 25% of infants not getting common childhood vaccinations, study finds
Researchers identify troubling disparities along race, income, education linesCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications More than a quarter of American ...
Physical activity reduces cardiovascular risk in rheumatic patients
People with diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus are more likely to have heart attacks, angina, and strokes. A ...
University of Chicago scientists design “Nanotraps” to catch, clear coronavirus
Potential COVID-19 treatment pairs nanoparticles with human immune system to search and destroy virusesCredit: Huang Lab Researchers at the Pritzker ...
Few young adult men have gotten the HPV vaccine, study finds
But they should: A cancer found in the throat is now the leading cancer caused by HPV -- and 80% ...
Hepatitis C drugs multiply effect of COVID-19 antiviral Remdesivir
Existing drugs increase efficacy 10-fold in cell studiesCredit: Jenna Leucke/U. of Texas at Austin TROY, N.Y. -- When combined with ...
Urine of COVID-19 patients could predict who will develop severe disease
Inflammatory markers were higher in people with high blood pressure and diabetesCredit: Dragana Komnenov Rockville, Md. (April 27, 2021)--Urine analysis ...
MIT PRESS publishes new book on contact-tracing apps and public health
Susan Landau's 'People Count'Credit: The MIT PRESS, 2021. How do you stop a pandemic before a vaccine arrives? Contact tracing ...
COVID-19 vaccine responses to be studied in people with immune deficits
Enrollment begins at NIH Clinical CenterCredit: NIAID A study assessing how people with immune system deficiencies or dysregulations respond to ...
High dose of vitamin D fails to improve condition of moderate to severe COVID-19 patients
A clinical trial was conducted with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital. ...
Newly discovered immune cell function vital to healing
Credit: David Ahl Cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death, is the result of oxygen deprivation as blood perfusion ...
Study of ‘breakthrough’ cases suggests COVID testing may be here to stay
Credit: Matthew Septimus/The Rockefeller University In rare cases, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID and are immune to ...
Newly-discovered molecule provides dual protection against vascular inflammation
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School SINGAPORE, 22 April 2021 - A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and the ...
From Interferon to Philanthropy: Autobiography of Dr. Jan Vilcek published as audiobook
Vilcek Foundation releases audiobook memoir of Dr. Jan Vilcek, narrated by Daniel K. IsaacCredit: Photo courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation. ...
