How some individuals with immunodeficiency defend themselves against infection

According to a recent study, the immune system defends the body from pathogens that are known to cause serious illnesses like COVID-19 and tuberculosis...
May 10, 2023
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Using gamma T cells to fight TNBC

Researchers have recently discovered that breast cancer stem cells evade the immune system by coordinating changes in their differentiation and metabolism...
May 8, 2023
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PSGL-1 regulates CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion

In a recent study, researchers described the role of a protein called PSGL-1 in the regulation of T cell exhaustion...
May 4, 2023
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Clear cell renal cell carcinoma – new “spatial,” insights

In a recent study, researchers found that outcomes of patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma may be predicted by the spatial arrangement of immune cells in the tumour microenvironment...
April 28, 2023
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Chronic transplant rejection – new insights

In a recent study, scientists discovered pathways that may be therapeutically targeted to enhance patient outcomes and have described a kind of immune cell that causes chronic organ transplant failure in a mouse model of kidney transplantation...
April 27, 2023
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Possible new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

In a recent study, scientists created a biodegradable polymer system that works with the strength of the human immune system to treat the autoimmune and inflammatory illness rheumatoid arthritis...
April 25, 2023
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Using lab grown organs to test vaccines

In a recent study, scientists created a brand-new testing platform comprising B cells into tiny organoids with the aim to speed up vaccination screening and significantly lower the requirement for animals...
April 21, 2023
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Immunity in centenarians – keys to life?

According to a recent study, centenarians have immune systems that are highly functioning, have effectively adapted to a history of illness, and have unique immune cell types with diverse compositions and activities...
April 20, 2023
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Improving pancreatic cancer therapy – insights

In a recent review, scientists presented numerous key themes in the biology of pancreatic cancer that can act as identifiers for pancreatic cancer therapy, offering substantial insight into the field of pancreatic cancer research...
April 19, 2023
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The early stages of HIV infection – new insights

A group of researchers recently published a paper outlining the processes underpinning the capture of HIV-1 viruses in dendritic cells as well as the function that Siglec-1 serves in the trafficking and capture of the viral particles...
April 17, 2023
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