Immunological memory—the ability to respond to a previously encountered antigen or foreign substance with greater speed and intensity on re-exposure is a hallmark of adaptive immunity.
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Scientists from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and The University of Southampton, UK, have uncovered a group of immune cells that may drive severe asthma. These cells, called cytotoxic CD4+ tissue-resident memory ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Booster vaccinations (third and fourth vaccinations) of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines that are not adapted to omicron variants do lead to higher blood levels of neutralizing antibodies against the omicron subvariants. However, these ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Scientists have long sought to better understand the human body's immune responses that occur during various diseases, including cancer and inflammatory diseases.
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A key transcription factor in T-cell immunology is crucial to the immune system's "memory" in recognizing threats it has already faced before—and it may be possible to improve this immunological memory in vaccines, according ...
Feb 23, 2022
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After infection with SARS-CoV-2, where does the immune system store the memory to provide long-term protection against reinfection?
Oct 7, 2021
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A research team at the University of Basel has discovered immune cells resident in the lungs that persist long after a bout of flu. Experiments with mice have shown that these helper cells improve the immune response to reinfection ...
Jan 8, 2021
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Even when taking in fewer calories and nutrients, humans and other mammals usually remain protected against infectious diseases they have already encountered. This may be because memory T cells, which are located throughout ...
Aug 22, 2019
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Inflammatory reactions can change the brain's immune cells in the long term—meaning that these cells have an "immunological memory." This memory may influence the progression of neurological disorders that occur later in ...
Apr 11, 2018
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Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered an important way that the immune system can learn to recognise and fight cancers.
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