Medical research
How the body uses fat to fight infection
New research from the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune cells use the body's fat stores to fight infection.
Dec 8, 2021
0
250
Page 31 - News tagged with infected cell
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nose cells could be key target in fight against severe COVID-19
Scientists have shed new light on early events in the battle between COVID-19 and the immune system in the nose, a key entry point for the virus.
Dec 7, 2021
0
267
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How SARS-CoV-2 evades the immune system
Researchers in Japan and the United States have found SARS-CoV-2 can knock out an important molecular pathway linked to an immune complex called MHC class I. The finding should help scientists better understand how COVID-19 ...
Dec 7, 2021
1
174
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lab-grown 'mini-stomachs' could shed light on COVID symptoms in children
A team, led from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) and the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (Legnaro, Italy), has built on recent advances ...
Dec 2, 2021
0
61
HIV & AIDS
New therapeutic target for HIV identified
Scientists in Montreal and London have identified the key role played by transcription factor RORC2 in HIV infection: the molecule attaches itself to parts of the virus's genome yet doesn't prevent it from replicating.
Dec 1, 2021
0
23
Medical research
Potential therapeutic pathway to clear chronic viral infections
Chronic infectious diseases have a devastating effect on global health. When someone is suffering from a chronic viral infection such as HIV or hepatitis C, their B cells get altered resulting in low-quality antibodies that ...
Nov 30, 2021
0
54
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 infects sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium of COVID-19 patients
It is now widely known that COVID-19 is associated with the transient or long-term loss of olfaction (the sense of smell) but the mechanisms remain obscure. An unresolved question is whether the olfactory nerve can provide ...
Nov 26, 2021
1
361
Genetics
Study finds relationship between immune pathway response to influenza and genetic ancestry
New research at the University of Chicago has found differences in immune pathway activation to influenza infection between individuals of European and African genetic ancestry. Many of the genes that were associated with ...
Nov 25, 2021
0
175
Medical research
How T cells recognize infection or disease
Monash University researchers have expanded their knowledge of how T cells might recognize infections or disease, providing key insight into how an often-overlooked T cell lineage becomes activated when encountering pathogens ...
Nov 22, 2021
0
110
Medical research
Respiratory virus reprograms airway epithelial cells
Infection with respiratory syncytial virus during infancy results in metabolic reprogramming of epithelial cells lining the airway, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal Viruses.
Nov 22, 2021
0
73
