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A discovery made 50 years ago helped establish the field of human retrovirology, advance understanding of the human immune system and contribute to a revolution in cancer treatment. A new perspective in Science examines that ...
Sep 14, 2026
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Since its discovery in Japan in 2009, a deadly fungus has emerged in hospitals around the world. The pathogen, known as Candida auris, lives silently on the skin. But it can be deadly if it reaches the bloodstream, killing ...
Aug 6, 2026
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As you may have seen in news headlines or social media memes, there's explosive diarrhea going around. Understanding how the immune system responds to the parasite that causes the unfortunate disease called cyclosporiasis ...
Jul 28, 2026
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For the immune system to effectively combat pathogens, antibody responses must be precisely controlled. So-called follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr cells) play a key role in this process by limiting excessive immune responses ...
Jun 25, 2026
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New research from the Snow Center for Immune Health is challenging long-held assumptions about autoimmune disease, revealing that celiac disease may be driven not just by an overactive immune system, but by subtle defects ...
Jun 9, 2026
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A team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has discovered a novel way in which tumor cells alter the brain to establish themselves and spread cancer. They also demonstrate that a drug that prevents this ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). This disease causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the protective sheath surrounding nerve ...
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered that immune cells known as macrophages remain poised to fight repeat infections due to the persistent presence of signaling molecules left behind ...
Feb 18, 2026
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Nearly 1.5 million Americans and nearly 5% of women over the age of 55 have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an incurable autoimmune disease marked by joint inflammation and subsequent damage. Despite advances in treatment, such ...
Jan 12, 2026
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A research team at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) and the Faculty of Medicine at Kanazawa University has developed a new class of engineered extracellular vesicles (EVs) capable of inducing antigen-specific ...
Dec 22, 2025
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