Immunology

Study identifies two different regulatory T cell populations

A regulatory class of human T cells descends from two different origins, one that relates to autoimmunity and one that relates to protective immunity, according to a new study led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). ...

Immunology

Study reveals details of immune defense guidance system

At the beginning of an immune response, a molecule known to mobilize immune cells into the bloodstream, where they home in on infection sites, rapidly shifts position, a new study shows. Researchers say this indirectly amplifies ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Lymph nodes are niches for prolonged tuberculosis infection

Lymph nodes can contain large numbers of tuberculosis-causing bacteria and serve as long-term reservoirs of bacterial persistence, according to a study published November 1 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by JoAnne ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Trial begins of nasal vaccine for Alzheimer's disease

(HealthDay)—The first human clinical trial of a nasal vaccine to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease is set to begin after nearly 20 years of research.

Oncology & Cancer

Screening mammograms and COVID-19 vaccine

Reports of some patients developing swollen lymph nodes after a COVID-19 vaccination has raised questions about whether screening mammograms should be rescheduled due to concerns that this finding could be mistaken for a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

What is the plague?

Cases of plague have been reported in the Chinese city of Yumen, where a man has died of the disease.

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