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New immune boost could expand access to cancer immunotherapy

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that tapping into the body’s own immune system and activating a type of…

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Potential Alzheimer’s disease therapeutic target identified in brain immune cells

Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but its…

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Researchers find intestinal immune cell prevents food allergies

Most of the time, the intestinal immune system can recognize friend from foe, tolerating myriad foods while destroying disease-causing invaders.…

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Understanding the immune response to a persistent pathogen

Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues — including in the nervous system — that typically do not result…

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Scientists discover immune cell networks driving deadly lung disease

Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, potentially opening a path…

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mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines train the ‘long-term memory’ of the immune system

Researchers at the University of Cologne and University Hospital Cologne have shown in their study that the novel mRNA-based COVID-19…

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How Zika virus knocks out our immune defenses

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host’s…

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Breaking antibiotic-resistant bacteria’s protective shields opens door for immune system response

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria — such as how they synthesise…

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Nursery of the blood: How stem cells calm the body’s immune response

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type — the blood stem…

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Classifying childhood brain cancers by immune response may improve diagnostics and treatments

Researchers and pediatric neurosurgeons at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh developed a…

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