Immunity often calls to mind the adaptive immune response, made up of antibodies and T cells that learn to fight specific pathogens after infection or vaccination. But the immune system also has an innate immune response, ...
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If someone gets a headache or feels a bit under the weather after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, it's become common to hear them say something like "Oh, it just means my immune system is really working hard." On the flip side, ...
Apr 19, 2021
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The glow of a panther's eyes in the darkness. The zig-zagging of a shark's dorsal fin above the water.
Mar 25, 2021
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In patients with severe COVID-19, the innate immune system overreacts. This overreaction may underlie the formation of blood clots (thrombi) and deterioration in oxygen saturation that affect the patients. This is shown in ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Cancer researcher Rita Fior uses zebrafish to study human cancer. Though this may seem like an unlikely match, her work shows great promise with forthcoming applications in personalized medicine.
Feb 19, 2021
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A new Australian study, published overnight in Nature Communications, gives an insight into how kids' immune systems respond to infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Feb 18, 2021
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The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) could protect newborns against a variety of common infections, such as upper respiratory tract infections, chest infections and diarrhoea, according to a new study ...
Feb 17, 2021
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Children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus, a new study has found.
Feb 17, 2021
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Stiffness in our tissues causes tension in our cells. Research from the Buck Institute, the University Health Network (University of Toronto), Stanford University, and the University of Alberta shows that stiffness impacts ...
Jan 12, 2021
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Immunotherapies, such as checkpoint inhibitor drugs, have made worlds of difference for the treatment of cancer. Most clinicians and scientists understand these drugs to act on what's known as the adaptive immune system, ...
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