You think you had COVID before: Are you really immune now?
(HealthDay)—It seems like common sense for people who've had COVID-19 to think they now have natural immunity, and therefore don't have to bother getting vaccinated.
Sep 27, 2021
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(HealthDay)—It seems like common sense for people who've had COVID-19 to think they now have natural immunity, and therefore don't have to bother getting vaccinated.
Sep 27, 2021
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A dense web of tissue can surround pancreatic cancer tumors, impeding treatment and sometimes acting as a barrier to the tumor's spread. Researchers want to distinguish cancerous tissue from the surrounding connective tissue ...
Oct 25, 2019
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Cold and flu symptoms have a significant impact on our economy.
Mar 12, 2012
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There are immune cells in our bodies that directly destroy infected or cancer cells—they are called natural killer cells. Recently, a POSTECH research team has developed an integrative cancer therapy using adoptive natural ...
May 13, 2020
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Why most people who get COVID have mild symptoms or none at all while some become severely ill is still a mystery—a mystery that scientists are urgently trying to solve.
Jan 25, 2021
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One of the most common causes of diarrhea worldwide—accounting for millions of cases and tens of thousands of deaths, mostly of small children—is the parasite Cryptosporidium. Doctors can treat children with Cryptosporidium ...
Jun 20, 2019
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At least 250 million people are infected with malaria every year, and about half a million of those die from the disease. A new study from MIT offers a possible explanation for why some people are more likely to experience ...
Oct 4, 2018
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Breast cancers expressing the protein HER2 have a particularly poor prognosis. Treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) benefits some patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, but it is not as effective as had been hoped. ...
Feb 13, 2012
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Individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, still benefit from vaccination, gaining 60% to 94% protection against reinfection, depending on the variant. A new study led by Katrine Finderup ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Owl monkey cytomegalovirus produces a decoy molecule A43 to evade detection and destruction by immune cells in their hosts, according to a study published April 4 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Ana Angulo of ...
Apr 4, 2019
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