Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Older people are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages
The rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic is taking a particularly harsh toll on older people.
Mar 19, 2020
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News tagged with adaptability
Immunology
Researchers investigate unifying principles of vertebrate adaptive immunity
Adaptive immunity is a powerful defense mechanism in vertebrates. A finely tuned interplay of different cell types provides a pathogen-specific immune response to eliminate for example bacteria and viruses. Max Planck researchers ...
Mar 13, 2020
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Surgery
Prenatal surgery yields lasting benefits for myelomeningocele
(HealthDay)—For myelomeningocele, prenatal surgery does not improve adaptive behavior but is associated with improved mobility and independent functioning in school-aged children, according to a study published online Jan. ...
Jan 24, 2020
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Ophthalmology
Telescope technology used to take first accurate images of glaucoma-related eye structure
Using methods originally developed by astronomers to view stars more clearly through Earth's atmosphere, optometry researchers at Indiana University have taken the first undistorted microscopic images of a part of the eye ...
Oct 15, 2019
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Immunology
New insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity
A team led by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has gained new insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity utilizing single-cell RNA sequencing and metabolic profiling techniques. Though numerous ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
How the brain remembers the order of events
For centuries understanding how the order of events is stored in memory has been a mystery. However, researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick have worked out how the order of events ...
Aug 14, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers report the origin and immunoregulatory function of monocytes
Non-classical monocytes were long thought to play a purely surveillance role in the immune system. With the aid of a novel marker (PD-L1), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) researchers in Munich have now shown that they ...
Jun 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sick with the flu? Here's why you feel so bad
"You never forget the flu." This is the title of the Victorian health department's current campaign, which highlights people's recollections of having the flu.
Jun 14, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study sheds new light on urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women
A UT Southwestern study suggests why urinary tract infections (UTIs) have such a high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women—several species of bacteria can invade the bladder walls.
May 10, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Imaging method reveals long-lived patterns in cells of the eye
Cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) form unique patterns that can be used to track changes in this important layer of tissue in the back of the eye, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have found. Using ...
Mar 21, 2019
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