A new trial has begun in Victoria this week to evaluate a potential vaccine against COVID-19.
May 27, 2020
0
0
Melbourne researchers have discovered that an immune cell, thought largely to be focused on fighting infection in newborns and infants, can in fact cannibalize the features of other immune cells, making it a potential new ...
Feb 22, 2022
0
43
In the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, there are abnormal deposits of amyloid beta protein and tau protein, and swarms of activated immune cells. But scientists do not fully understand how these three major factors ...
Aug 29, 2017
0
29
The refrain of "get your shots" has picked up again.
Dec 6, 2021
0
1
Every year the approach of flu season sets off a medical guessing game with life or death consequences. There are many different strains of flu and they vary from year to year. So each season authorities must make an educated ...
Dec 16, 2013
1
0
A discovery of how stem cells are protected from viruses could inform the development of therapies for use in medicine, research suggests.
May 14, 2019
0
19
By age 2, most children have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which usually causes only mild cold symptoms. But people with weakened immune systems, such as infants and the elderly, can face serious complications, ...
Jun 30, 2017
0
43
Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients could be helped by new imaging technology that sheds light on the effectiveness of immunotherapy drugs.
May 10, 2022
0
74
Between the ages of two and four, the human brain has an estimated one quadrillion synapses – the electrical connections between neurons. That is the highest it will ever have, but as the world is not run by 3-year-olds, ...
Jan 4, 2018
0
38
A new study unravels key signals that regulate protective and sometimes pathological inflammation of the skin. The research, published online on January 26th in the journal Immunity by Cell Press, identifies a "gatekeeper" ...
Jan 26, 2012
0
0
