In an 11-year study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have further characterized idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare immune deficiency that leaves people vulnerable to infectious diseases, autoimmune ...
May 3, 2023
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A new study by investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai suggests long COVID-19 might be caused by a dysfunction of the immune system.
Apr 27, 2023
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Inhaling low concentrations of ethanol vapor can disable the influenza A virus in mice, without harmful side effects, says a new study by scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST). The scientists ...
Apr 26, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Omisirge (omidubicel-onlv), a substantially modified allogeneic cord blood-based cell therapy, to cut the risk of infection in patients with blood cancer following a myeloablative ...
Apr 24, 2023
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People with dementia have protein build-up in astrocytes that may trigger abnormal antiviral activity and memory loss, according to a preclinical study by a team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.
Apr 20, 2023
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A key mechanism of cadmium-linked inflammation that increases severity and mortality of lung infections has been described, offering a promising therapeutic target to limit lung injury and death.
Apr 20, 2023
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A team of medical researchers at the University of Tübingen's Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research in Germany has found that exposing organoids at a certain stage of growth to interleukin-6 leads to an increase in ...
Salmonella infections cause about a million deaths a year worldwide, and there is an urgent need for better vaccines for both typhoid fever and non-typhoidal Salmonella disease. New work from researchers at the UC Davis School ...
Apr 18, 2023
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As a major component of the immune system, T cells play a critical role in fighting off viral infections. A team led by Prof. Thomas Brocker and Jan Kranich from LMU's Biomedical Center has demonstrated in a mouse model that ...
Apr 13, 2023
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While pregnant women are at greater risk of getting sick from COVID-19, little was known about how the immune system responds to the infection during pregnancy. New research from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection ...
Apr 12, 2023
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