Immunology
New study challenges our understanding of the immune system
A recently published study from Aarhus University may mean a textbook chapter on the immune system will have to be rewritten.
Mar 10, 2023
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News tagged with systems biology
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The world's first mRNA vaccine for deadly bacteria
For the first time in the world: a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
C-reactive protein reduces the immune response in inflammatory disease
The biological function of the C-reactive protein, CRP, has long been unknown. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden now show that this protein has a beneficial function in systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, an inflammatory ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Immunology
Engineered bacteria find tumors, then alert immune cells
Combining discoveries in cancer immunology with sophisticated genetic engineering, Columbia University researchers have created a sort of "bacterial suicide squad" that targets tumors, attracting the host's own immune cells ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How immune cells detect and respond to mutations in cancer cells
For the first time, a research team has identified and analyzed the steps by which immune cells "see" and respond to cancer cells, providing insights into reasons some treatments may be effective for certain patients but ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Diabetes
Studying partial remission of type 1 diabetes in children: New biomarkers and the immunoregulatory role of microRNA
A study led by researchers from IGTP's Immunology of Diabetes group has identified new microRNA as biomarkers for the partial remission phase, also known as "honeymoon phase," of type 1 diabetes, and has linked the miR-30d-5p ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnant patients with anxiety shown to have altered immune systems
The immune system of pregnant women with anxiety is biologically different from that of pregnant women without anxiety, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Too little money is invested in research on life-threatening fungal infections,' says researcher
The WHO has published a list of the most important fungal pathogens for the first time at the end of 2022, thus highlighting the high importance of research on the topic of fungal infections. Leibniz-HKI director Axel Brakhage ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The dark side of treating COVID-19 with monoclonal antibodies
A recent study conducted as part of the ORCHESTRA project has shed new light on the treatment of COVID-19 infections with mAbs. Published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the research reveals that patients treated ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Immunology
Study finds a subset of B lymphocytes generates a crucial immune response to promote clearance of microbes
Researchers from Japan have found that white blood cells, known as B lymphocytes, have a pivotal role in promoting an emergent response to stimulate the in-demand production of innate immune cells during an infection.
Feb 15, 2023
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