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

Iron fuels immune cells – and it could make asthma worse

Asthma attacks can result from immune cells overreacting to a harmless allergen. Tamping down iron levels in certain immune cells can help control their activity.

Omid Akbari, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California • conversation
May 14, 2024 ~5 min

Mom’s immune status changes with how she feeds baby

Certain inflammatory proteins peak at different times of day, correlating with whether mothers breastfeed, pump, or formula-feed their babies.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
May 7, 2024 ~8 min

New approach could lead to universal flu vaccine

A new experimental vaccine that targets portions of the flu virus that don't change could lead to a universal, long-lasting shot.

Karl Bates-Duke • futurity
May 3, 2024 ~7 min

Drug appears to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice

A new type 1 diabetes drug hides insulin-making beta cells from the immune system and shields them from attack, a study with mice shows.

Vanessa Wasta-Johns Hopkins • futurity
April 30, 2024 ~7 min


New method safely recruits immune cells to fight cancer

Researchers have developed a new way to safely boost immune cells to fight cancer without harming healthy cells.

Hailey Wade-Virginia Tech • futurity
April 23, 2024 ~9 min

DNA discovery may help fight deadly sepsis

Discovery of a DNA shift in the innate immune memory of cells may aid in the fight against sepsis. "Sepsis is a really horrible burden ..."

Felicia Spencer-Virginia Tech • futurity
March 18, 2024 ~5 min

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