Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) playing a pivotal role. However, current ICIs, primarily monoclonal antibodies, face significant challenges like poor tissue penetration, ...
Aug 22, 2024
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As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences between variants do not have clear and simple answers.
Aug 22, 2024
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In a recent online publication in Science China Life Sciences, researchers from the laboratory of Leng-Siew Yeap at the Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine published a review ...
Aug 22, 2024
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines came to the rescue, developed in record time and saving lives worldwide. Researchers in the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children's Hospital have developed two novel technologies ...
Aug 21, 2024
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A study involving Kenyan sex workers illuminates the immune response to gonorrhea, paving the way for more effective vaccines.
Aug 21, 2024
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The protective effect of established COVID-19 vaccines is initially very robust, but wanes relatively quickly. This limitation imposes a need for periodic booster shots, which drives vaccine hesitation.
Aug 20, 2024
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease in which our immune system attacks our own tissues and organs, the heart, blood, lung, joints, brain, and skin. ...
Aug 20, 2024
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Researchers from University of Queensland's Frazer Institute have discovered the mechanism that bladder cancer uses to suppress the immune system's natural killer (NK) cells.
Aug 20, 2024
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine have discovered why the flu vaccine can perform poorly. They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular ...
Aug 20, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Reading have contributed to a study that could lead to new treatments for a deadly cancer caused by a herpesvirus.
Aug 20, 2024
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