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6th January, 2017Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunonolgy have found mechanisms that determine the fate of CD8 T cells and how these cells respond differently to acute and chronic viral infections.

4th January, 2017Developing an effective HIV vaccine may require the induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). Studies in non-human primates...

30th December, 2016Scientists have shown that the leishmania parasite is able to evade the immune system and cause infection by producing a molecule that binds to a receptor...

28th December, 2016 The gut microbiota has been shown to influence numerous pathways in the human body. Researchers have now found that the gut microbiota play a beneficial role...

23rd December, 2016Scientists from Canada’s National Microbiology laboratory have reported the successful results of the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine trail conducted in Guinea.

21st December, 2016A team of researcher from the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed a Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) vaccine candidate...

19th December, 2016The development of a successful HIV vaccine may require the induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies. Understanding how HIV...

16th December, 2016It has been known for some time that there is a link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and birth defects of their infants. The extent of this was, however, not fully appreciated.

14th December, 2016Researchers have found that potent, broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV can be used to make virus-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells that are capable of...

12th December, 2016The fate of naïve T cells which develop in the thymus has not been fully understood in humans, especially the mechanism behind...