Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma

About 40 percent of the global population is at risk for contracting dengue - the most important mosquito-borne viral infection ...

A bad bout of flu triggers ‘taste bud cells’ to grow in the lungs

The discovery of these seemingly out-of-place sensing cells may lend insight into possibilities for protecting lung function in people who ...

Changes in onset of spring linked to more allergies across the US

UMD public health researchers say climate change is impacting disease burden in our backyards Human-induced climate change is disrupting nature's ...

Nanovaccine boosts immunity in sufferers of metabolic syndrome

Credit: Jason Koski, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - A new class of biomaterial developed by Cornell researchers for an infectious ...

New approach for potential treatment of liver cancer patients with Hep B virus infection

New therapeutic approach points to potential treatment of liver cancer patients with Hepatitis B virus infectionCredit: Gastroenterology SINGAPORE, 27 March ...

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Low levels of public trust during violent conflict may have thwarted attempts to control Ebola

A quarter of people surveyed during active 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo believed the virus was ...

Heating up tumors could make CAR T therapy more effective, study finds

March 27, 2019

FINDINGS A preclinical study led by scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer suggests that heating solid tumors during CAR ...

Two new Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Groups at Charité

March 27, 2019

Credit: Photo: Klose/Charité How can we further improve deep brain stimulation and its use in the treatment of neurological disorders? ...

Study: AIDS-immunocompromised populations see more antibiotic-resistant infections

Populations with a high prevalence of AIDS-immunocompromised people are more likely to see the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according ...

Pediatric health researchers offer insights for RSV vaccine

Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer In healthy adults, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, feels like the common cold with a ...

Salmonella could be combated by enhancing body’s natural process

Credit: Dr. Anne-Claire Jacomin/University of Warwick Autophagy - the process of recycling cellular material in the body, can help combat ...

Harvard researchers’ immune-silent stem cell technology licensed to Sana Biotechnology

Developed through Harvard's Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, innovations could lead to novel cell therapies to treat diseaseCredit: Mary Todd Bergman, Harvard ...

Immune-repelling protein prolongs function, survival of human stem-cell-derived beta cells

Approach developed by Mass. General team may get around problems impeding the use of islet-cell transplants Encapsulating human stem-cell-derived beta ...

New VaxArray neuraminidase potency test for N9