St George's, University of London focuses entire research on tackling coronavirus
St George’s, University of London, the UK’s specialist health university, is focusing all its ongoing research on tackling coronavirus. Source link...
Tag : immune response
Microbiome could help identify pre-cancer risk in women with HPV
A new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens in March 2020 reports the possible use of the bacteria Gardnerella found in the cervix...
Vaxxas' novel high-density microarray patch can deliver vaccines safely and effectively
Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercializing a novel vaccination platform, today announced the publication in the journal PLoS Medicine of groundbreaking clinical research indicating the...
Visceral fat gives signal to the brain that damages cognition
Excessive weight around our middle gives our brain’s resident immune cells heavy exposure to a signal that turns them against us, setting in motion a...
Aggressive cancers set up a structural framework to keep the immune system at bay
Aggressive colorectal cancers set up an interactive network of checkpoints to keep the immune system at bay, scientists report. Source link...
Vaccine for COVID-19 coronavirus could soon be a reality
A team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health have managed to make significant progress in the...
Immune cells count each other in order to decide whether to attack
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications in February 2020 shows that immune cells consult and coordinate with each other at the site...
Free radicals from immune cells linked to salt-sensitive hypertension
In salt-sensitive hypertension, immune cells gather in the kidneys and shoot out free radicals, heightening blood pressure and damaging this pair of vital organs, scientists...
Researchers develop novel therapeutic approach to cure chronic hepatitis B
Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Center for Infection Research have developed a novel therapeutic approach to cure...
Patient-specific tumor organoids may one day be used to personalize cancer treatment
A patient-specific tumor organoid platform developed by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine researchers and their cancer center colleagues could someday take the guessing game...
Sepsis killing more people than earlier thought
According to a new study published in the latest issue of The Lancet, this week, more people across the globe are dying of sepsis than...
Sepsis deaths found to be much higher than previously estimated
Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide, according to an analysis published today in The Lancet and announced at the...
B cell count tells how certain cancers will respond to immunotherapy
Some melanomas, sarcomas and renal cell carcinomas, but not all, have been found to respond dramatically to new drugs called immune checkpoint blockers, which exploit...
Researchers discover important role for macropinocytosis in mammalian cell growth
For the first time, researchers at Michigan Medicine have demonstrated that a cellular process known to be involved in cancer and other diseases also plays...
Rejuvenating the BCG Vaccine
A new primate study published in the journal Nature in January 2020, reports that the almost century-old BCG vaccine against tuberculosis, may be used differently...
Bile acids could also play a role in immunity and inflammation
Could bile acids–the fat-dissolving juices churned out by the liver and gallbladder–also play a role in immunity and inflammation? Source link...
Study shows how immune cells quickly switch to attack mode
Macrophages have two faces: In healthy tissue, they perform important tasks and support their environment. However during an infection, they stop this work and hunt...
Rectal microbes could make a difference to the effectiveness of HIV vaccines
Microbes living in the rectum could make a difference to the effectiveness of experimental HIV vaccines, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis....
'Achilles' heel' of deadly superbug identified
A deadly superbug that infects an estimated 54,500 Americans a year has a secret weapon, a protein, that allows it to defy antibiotic treatment and...