22nd June 2018 One of the goals in developing an effective, global HIV vaccine is to elicit potent antibodies, capable of neutralizing the majority of circulating HIV strains. These antibodies are known as ...
2018
Natural infection improves breadth of vaccine induced memory
21st June 2018 Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia, aimed to determine if vaccine induced J8-specific memory B cells are boosted upon infection ...
MGIAs: potential role of trained immunity ?
18th June 2018 Researchers led by Tom HM Ottenhof and Mihai Netea (Joosten et al., 2018), aimed to determine the effect of “trained immunity” on mycobacterial growth. Researchers focused on trained immunity, as recent studies have shown that ...
ALAI/SMI Highlight: Have you heard of IL-40?
15th June 2018 The closing plenary lecture at the Latin America Congress was presented by Albert Zlotnik from the University of California, Irvine. One of the highlights of Albert Zlotnik talk was the discovery of IL-40, by his research group, which was recently
Resident CD8+ T cells restrain HIV replication in elite controllers
13th June 2018 One of the most important question in HIV immunology is how CD8+ T cell contribute to immunity against HIV. Despite the fact the HIV replicates in lymphoid tissues, most of CD8+ ...
Latin American Immunology Congress, a cocktail of scientific breaking news.
11th June 2018 A recurrent topic at the Latin American Immunology Congress (in Cancun, Mexico) was advances in oncoimmunology and immunotherapy. Dr Mantovani’s research focuses on how ...
ALAI/SMI congress: Hosts a Nobel Laureate and the 1st Iberoamerican Flow Cytometry Meeting
8th June 2018 The ALAI/SMI congress was preceded by the I Iberoamerican Flow Cytometry Meeting. Some of the highlights of this ...
Immunopaedia goes to the Latin American Immunology Congress
6th June 2018 From 14 to 18 May 2018, the XII Congress of the Latin American Association of Immunology (ALAI) and XXIII Congress of the Mexican Society of Immunology (SMI)took place in Cancun, Mexico. Four
ECTS2018 – Where scientific research and clinical practice meet
4th June 2018 From 26 to 29 May 2018, the 45th Congress of the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) took place in the Spanish city of Valencia. The ECTS Congress is considered the most important European research ...
How does alum block induction of Th1 cells ?
1st June 2018 Oleszcyka et al., aimed to determine the effect of alum on the induction of IL-10, and impact on adjuvant-associated immune responses. Researchers observed a significant increase in non-specific IL-10 production...