T cells aren't the first immune forces on the scene, they arrive after being alerted by other immune system warriors that a microbe has invaded or a cancer has silently seeded.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered that the organization of different types of immune cells within pancreatic tumors is associated with how well patients with pancreatic cancer respond to treatment and ...
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An epigenetics drug currently being used for the treatment of blood cancers and rare sarcomas can stop the growth of bladder cancer by activating the immune system, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study done in mice.
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In the brain of adult mammals, neural stem cells ensure that new nerve cells (neurons), are constantly formed. This process, known as adult neurogenesis, helps mice maintain their sense of smell. A research team led by Dr. ...
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The molecular markers CD4 and CD8—defining helper T cells and killer T cells, respectively—were once considered mutually exclusive. But "double positive" CD4+-CD8+ T cells have lately been discovered in people in various ...
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Trillions of bacteria and other microbes thrive in our gut microbiomes, and over the last decade, scientists have become increasingly aware of the vital role that they play in creating a healthy gastrointestinal environment. ...
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Vanderbilt researchers have identified a protein that is key to the "education" of immature T cells in the thymus. The findings, reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, could inform therapeutic strategies for enhancing ...
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People who have often been infected by common cold viruses—which also belong to the coronaviruses—are not better protected against COVID-19, neither after infection with SARS-CoV-2 nor after vaccination. "We already showed ...
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The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine was approved in Germany this February, followed by the U.S. in mid-July. Immunology professor Martina Sester and her team have now studied how Novavax recipients respond to the vaccine. The study ...
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In severe COVID-19 patients, metabolism produces insufficient amounts of certain energy-rich compounds called ketone bodies. However, these energy carriers are needed by two important cell types in the immune system in order ...
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