Immunology
When white blood cells ATTACK
Every second your body is silently working hard to protect you from infection and disease. White blood cells are an...
Protein packaging may cause the immune attacks of type 1 diabetes
Credit: EPFL Type-1 diabetes occurs when immune cells attack the pancreas. EPFL scientists have now discovered what may trigger this...
Family ties: Immune response size controlled by cell ‘inheritance’
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Australian and Irish researchers have gained previously unachievable insights into how the size...
Faulty RASGRP1 gene causes newly discovered human immunodeficiency
Credit: K. Boztug and E. Salzer; CeMM/Wolfgang Däuble A multi-institutional, international team of scientists has discovered the genetic cause and...
Europeans and Africans have different immune systems, and neanderthals are partly to thank
Credit: Quach et al./Cell 2016 It's long been clear that people from different parts of the world differ in their...
HIV cure hope thanks to collaboration
Researchers are hopeful of a cure for HIV after treating the first patient with a promising new treatment that could...
Where you live shapes your immune system more than your genes
Like fingerprints, immune systems vary from person to person. And although we all inherit a unique set of genes that...
Rare flu-thwarting mutation discovered
A rare and improbable mutation in a protein encoded by an influenza virus renders the virus defenseless against the body's...
Fatty diet activates oldest branch of immune system, causing intestinal tumors
A high-fat-diet-induced immune reaction causes inflammation leading to intestinal cancer in a mouse model -- even among animals that are...
How ‘hair-of-the-dog’ approach works to treat allergies, mouse study shows
The hair-of-the-dog-that-bit-you is a time-honored allergy remedy for a good reason: It works. A research team led by Duke Health,...
Molecular switch controlling immune suppression may help turn up immunotherapies
False-colored scanning electron micrograph depicts oral squamous cancer cell (white) being attacked by to T cells (red), part of the...
Mucosa forms special immunological memory – Breakthrough for vaccine research
If a vaccine is to protect the intestines and other mucous membranes in the body, it also needs to be...
NYU biologist Ghedin to study Zika virus during infection under $1 million grant
New York University biologist Elodie Ghedin will study the host response to Zika virus infections under a $1 million grant...
Biochemists’ discovery could lead to vaccine against ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria
Biochemists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered patterns in the outer protein coat of group A Streptococcus...
Study suggests ways to improved immunity in older people
A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older....
New types of African Salmonella associated with lethal infection
The first global-scale genetic study of Salmonella Enteritidis bacteria, which is a major cause of blood poisoning and death in...
Monkeys with Sudan ebolavirus treated successfully
WHAT: Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have successfully treated monkeys several days after the animals were...
Flesh-eating infections in rheumatoid arthritis patients spur new discovery
Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking medications that inhibit interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), a molecule that stimulates the immune system, are 300 times more...
Methamphetamine and skin wounds: NYIT researcher wins NIH grant to study immune response
A chance observation in a Southern California fast food restaurant led Luis Martinez, Ph.D., to wonder about the connections behind...
New flu strains and old antibodies: How sinful is ‘original antigenic sin’?
Immune memory ensures a quick and specific response to previously encountered pathogens. However, for rapidly evolving pathogens like influenza virus,...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New findings on hair loss in men
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A novel role discovered for vagus nerve
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Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
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Grant awarded to University of Louisville law professor will fund climate adaptation project
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Malta will host the 16th World Congress on Polyphenols Applications next week, with more than 210 participants