The antibodies produced by your initial COVID vaccination or infection may adversely impact later booster injections, according to recent research...
February 2023
Defining more roles for Natural Killer cells
In a recent study, scientists revealed a previously unrecognised function of natural killer (NK) immune cells, which have improved our knowledge of how the immune system is controlled to avoid disease...
A potential cure for HIV may exist in stem cell transplantation – however…
According to a recent study, a man who received a stem cell transplant to address his cancer also showed signs of being HIV-free after the operation...
Priming the immune response with ginger
White blood cells are put on high alert when exposed to modest amounts of a pungent ginger component, according to a recent study...
T-cell protection against pneumococcal disease
In a recent study, scientists demonstrated how a distinct subgroup of lung T regulatory cells provides resistance to bacteraemic pneumonia...
Is salt bad for you? Starving immune regulators of energy
Researchers have recently demonstrated that Regulatory T cells make sure that immunological responses take place in a regulated manner. However, consuming too much salt impairs the energy supply of these cells, making them temporarily dysfunctional. This could influence autoimmunity...
Blocking SARS-CoV-2 infection – new insights
In a recent study, scientists examined the impact of mucociliary active molecules on the in vitro infection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)...
T cell exhaustion- new insights
Researchers have just discovered a gene that exhausts T cells, which might provide new avenues for developing more potent immunotherapies...
Do your genetics make you more susceptible to infections?
A novel genetic condition that causes immunodeficiency and a severe sensitivity to opportunistic infections, including a fatal fungal pneumonia, has been identified by researchers in a recent study...
New TB drug regimen may not work against TB meningitis
Researchers demonstrated in a recent paper that the FDA-approved regimen of three antibiotics, bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid (BPaL), used to treat TB of the lungs caused by MDR strains, is ineffective in treating TB meningitis...