In a recent paper, researchers have found that immunisation with the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine at different times of the day has no effect on the efficacy of the vaccine...
October 2022
Non-invasive tumour immune cell monitoring
In a recent study, researchers have developed a new technique that is safer and non-invasive in order to track within brain and breast tumors in living mice...
Infection in the brain – defenses and consequences
In a new study, researchers have described and created a detailed map of the immune system in the brain and how reacts to infection. They showed how the brain is initially protected by brain-resident macrophages...
What determines COVID-19 disease persistence and severity?
Recently, researchers have described the patterns of immune system disruptions which can lead to long-term or severe COVID-19. They were able to predict that consistent reduction of dendritic cells increasing their chance of developing long COVID...
Novel treatment approach for asthma without negative immune system effects
In a recent paper, researchers have described how inhibiting or blocking calcium signals in immune cells can lead to a reduction in common asthma symptoms without effecting the immune response to flu viruses...
Development and use of cellular behavioural landscapes to describe inflammatory states
In a recent paper, Crainiciuc and colleagues made use of 4D imaging technology to visualise several hundreds of cells in an attempt to characterize each leukocyte at the site of inflammation...
The interplay between LRRC15+ myofibroblasts and anti-tumour immunity
In a recent paper, researchers were able to show that the development of LRRC15+ myofibroblasts during the process of tumorigenesis is supported by TGFβ signalling in dermatopontin positive (DPT+) universal fibroblasts...
The opportunity to boost antiretroviral therapy interventions through maternal vaccination
In a recent paper, researchers proposed the concept of maternal vaccination to help boost the effectiveness of ART to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV...
Rebound to COVID-19 – not from impaired immunity
In a recent paper, researchers have found that rebounding to COVID-19 is not likely to be caused by an inefficient or impaired immune response, Looking at 8 patients who have taken nirmatrelvir/ritonavir...
The humoral response as a marker in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
In a new study, researchers aimed to determine the markers of inflammation within different categories of patients with COPD, that is, those with rapid, slow or no lung functional decline...