Turning up the heat helps animals fight germs—how Mother Nature's cure offers humans a lesson on fever
Why do people get fevers when we get sick?
May 23, 2025
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Disease or Syndrome: Viral Infections
Medical news and research articles
Discovery of metabolic link to immune protein suppression offers new therapeutic avenues
Not long after a threatening organism enters our bodies, our immune system springs into action and starts producing proteins known as type one interferons (IFN-I), which fight viruses and cancer, while also playing pathogenic ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Boston surgeons successfully transplant pig kidney in fourth patient
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.
Feb 10, 2025
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Ventilation in hospitals could cause viruses to spread further, study suggests
Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to have unpredictable effects and may cause viral particles to move around more, according to a new ...
Jan 30, 2025
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What the color of your snot says about your immune health
Ever wondered why the color of your snot is different when you're sick? You're probably not the first person to ask this question.
Dec 25, 2024
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Using metabolomics to identify pathogens causing pneumonia
Effectively treating a severe case of pneumonia is often challenging. Identifying the pathogen behind it can be difficult. Ph.D. candidate Ilona den Hartog tried something new: "We searched for answers in substances our own ...
Sep 18, 2024
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During the next pandemic, a mathematical model could speed up the search for treatment
Do you recall all those drugs that were hastily proposed as potential treatments for COVID-19? In the event of a future pandemic, the goal is to offer an effective treatment more quickly and efficiently. To achieve this, ...
Sep 9, 2024
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Investigating the effect of alemtuzumab in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a commonly used curative therapy for individuals with inborn errors of immunity (IEI). HCT involves introducing stem cells from a compatible donor with the aim of replacing ...
Jul 26, 2024
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Accelerated progression to T1D during pandemic seen for presymptomatic youth
For youth with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes, the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with accelerated progression to clinical disease, especially among those with COVID-19 infection, according to a research letter published ...
Jul 18, 2024
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How the Paris Olympics could become a super-spreader event for dengue
In September 2023, several people came down with dengue fever in Paris, France. The presence of this mosquito-borne disease was notable for two reasons. It was the most northerly outbreak ever recorded, and none of the people ...
Jun 12, 2024
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