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The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better survival rate, finds a new study that uses a pioneering technique developed by ...
Feb 18, 2025
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A study published in Science Advances reveals a novel strategy that allows tumors to evade the body's immune response critical for their elimination. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions ...
Feb 12, 2025
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When children receive their second measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, around the time they start kindergarten, they gain protection against all three viruses for all or most of their lives. Yet the effectiveness of an influenza ...
Jan 2, 2025
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Several rare immune disorders are caused by mutations in the patient's DNA. In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Immunology, the University of Surrey and its collaborators found that targeting the mutated pathways ...
Dec 12, 2024
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Certain infectious diseases, such as COVID or the flu, evolve constantly, shapeshifting just enough to outmaneuver our immune systems and reinfect us repeatedly. But subsequent reinfections often don't lead to the most severe ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Monash University researchers have developed a new technique to boost the effectiveness of both traditional and mRNA-based vaccines in animal models.
Sep 23, 2024
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered new insights into tumor-induced B cell changes in blood and bone marrow of triple negative breast cancer patients. The findings, published ...
Sep 12, 2024
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Vaccines work by equipping our immune systems to fight an invading virus. When we get vaccinated against COVID-19, specialized immune cells known as B cells learn to recognize the virus. If we subsequently get infected with ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered how antibody responses are regulated by epigenetic factors commonly mutated in cancers, according to a study published in Nature Immunology.
Aug 15, 2024
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B-cells protect your body from infection. But sometimes, they misfire and cause debilitating disease. Now, University of Connecticut researchers have shown that a single protein might be able to defuse B-cells gone bad. Their ...
Aug 14, 2024
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