Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ongoing 'immune injuries' might cause persistent breathlessness after COVID-19
Long-lasting immune activity in the airways might be the cause of persistent breathlessness following COVID-19.
Mar 9, 2022
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Immunity
Immunology
Study finds that ketone bodies, as alternative cellular fuels, boost immunity
A metabolic by-product that is more prevalent during fasting may supercharge immune cells as they fight infection and disease, reports an early stage study by Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators.
Jul 28, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Study establishes benchmarks for HIV vaccine candidates
The development of a vaccine that protects against HIV infections has proven extraordinarily difficult. One of the reasons is that naïve precursor B cells that can give rise to mature B cells producing broadly neutralizing ...
Dec 27, 2017
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Immunology
Researchers discover way to improve immune response
Melbourne researchers have identified a way to improve the immune response in the face of severe viral infections.
Jul 6, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Mymetics' HIV vaccine candidate confirms promise in preclinical study
Mymetics Corporation, a pioneer in the research and development of virosome-based vaccines to prevent transmission of human infectious diseases across mucosal membranes, announced today that its innovative HIV vaccine candidate ...
Apr 11, 2016
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Immunology
Study finds that different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells
The battle between the human immune system and long-term, persisting infections and other chronic diseases such as cancer results in a prolonged stalemate. Over time battle-weary T cells become exhausted, giving germs or ...
May 15, 2018
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Medical research
Scientists reveal first close-up look at bats' immune response to live infection
In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and colleagues in Singapore have sequenced the response to viral infection in colony-bred cave nectar bats (Eonycteris spelaea) at single-cell resolution. Published ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Immunology
Eye microbiome trains immune cells to fend off pathogens
Bugs in your eyes may be a good thing. Resident microbes living on the eye are essential for immune responses that protect the eye from infection, new research shows. The study, which appears in the journal Immunity on July ...
Jul 11, 2017
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Immunology
Protein identified that serves as a 'brake' on inflammation
Researchers have identified a protein that offers a new focus for developing targeted therapies to tame the severe inflammation associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), colitis and other autoimmune disorders. St. Jude Children's ...
Apr 21, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
'Starving' immune cell discovery points to cancer immunotherapy-boosting strategies
The microenvironment that supports a cancerous tumor also starves the immune cells that the body sends in to destroy the cancer, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists revealed in a discovery that holds ...
Jul 29, 2016
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