Discovery points to potential new breast cancer therapy target

New research identifies a potential new immune system target to head off the spread of breast cancer cells.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Sept. 9, 2024 ~7 min

Long COVID inflicts deep scars on the lungs, but targeting specific immune cells could reverse damage − new research in mice

Researchers developed a new mouse model that replicates long COVID-19 more accurately than current models. Their findings could lead to new treatments.

Harish Narasimhan, Ph.D. Candidate in Immunology, University of Virginia • conversation
Sept. 4, 2024 ~5 min


TB discovery may upend ideas about the immune system

New findings on tuberculosis could change how we treat inflammatory disorders, researchers say.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Sept. 3, 2024 ~8 min

New evidence sheds light on one of long COVID’s drivers

"We believe this is a big step forward in trying to understand and provide treatment to patients with this subset of Long COVID."

Yale • futurity
July 29, 2024 ~10 min

Republicans wary of Republicans – how politics became a clue about infection risk during the pandemic

Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of contamination – but something unusual happened during COVID-19.

Steven Neuberg, Foundation Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University • conversation
July 18, 2024 ~5 min

Tweak makes ‘natural killer cells’ more effective against cancer

Natural killer cells hold promise for treating cancer. Now, researchers have found a way to overcome their main limitation.

Yale • futurity
July 12, 2024 ~6 min

Boost your immune system with this centuries-old health hack: Vaccines

Even if you’re healthy and fit, you still need vaccines to protect yourself from severe disease.

David Higgins, Research fellow, Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
June 20, 2024 ~6 min

Discovery of ‘new rules of the immune system’ could improve treatment of inflammatory diseases, say scientists.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that a type of white blood cell - called a regulatory T cell - exists as a single large population of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 18, 2024 ~5 min


Artificial lymph nodes teaches T cells to kill cancer

Researchers have tested an artificial lymph node that teaches the immune system to recognize and kill cancer cells in mice.

Vanessa Wasta-Johns Hopkins • futurity
June 7, 2024 ~8 min

HIV vaccine approach works like GPS

A new vaccine approach guides the immune system through the specific steps to make broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
May 15, 2024 ~4 min

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