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An apple a day keeps the doctor away: polyphenol-enriched apples alter immune cell gene expression and fecal microbiota composition

Researchers compared the effects of consuming red-fleshed apples and white-fleshed among healthy adults.

29 Mar 2023

Next-generation influenza vaccines show greater impact and cost-effectiveness, study suggests

In a recent study published in the BMC Medicine Journal, researchers conducted a modeling study to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and health impacts of the next-generation vaccines against influenza in Kenya.

28 Mar 2023

Study links altered gut microbiome to allergies in infants raised under COVID-19 lockdown

A recent study posted to medRxiv* preprint server revealed that gut microbiome predicts atopic outcomes in infants with decreased bacterial exposure.

28 Mar 2023

Using a selective dye to label macrophages associated with cancer progression

M1 and M2 are activated macrophages that protect our immune system and maintain homeostasis.

28 Mar 2023

What is the relationship between a plant-based diet and the gut microbiome?

A recent study conducted a systematic review of the impact of plant-based diets on gut microbiota.

28 Mar 2023

New study suggests broad neutralizing antibody could provide three years of COVID protection

In a recent article published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers showed that a novel, lab-engineered monoclonal antibody (mAb), adintrevimab conferred up to 50% protection against symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Furthermore, it demonstrated this exceptional efficacy in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)–naïve individuals even at titers as low as 1:30.

27 Mar 2023

COVID-19 infant hospitalizations reduced by a 3rd maternal vaccine dose during pregnancy

Researchers investigated the effects of the booster coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine during pregnancy on COVID-19-related hospitalization rates among infants.

27 Mar 2023

Breast tumors of women from different racial groups have diverse cellular, microbial and genomic features

The breast tumors of Asian, Black and white women have very different cellular, microbial and genomic features that could potentially be used to personalize care or predict disease progression, according to new research by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

27 Mar 2023

Targeting the STING pathway with a combination strategy promotes antitumor activity

Immunotherapies have greatly improved the outcomes of many patients with melanoma. But there is still a need for new approaches for the subset of patients who do not respond well to this type of therapy.

27 Mar 2023

Forward genetic screening reveals important pathways for sleep regulation in C. elegans

Although the regulation of sleep—how much, when, and how sleep occurs—is mainly considered to be controlled by the brain, sleep deprivation also affects the body, and signals from the body can affect sleep.

27 Mar 2023

Enhancing the effectiveness of immunization against certain cancers

In addition to an antigen, many vaccines also contain substances, called adjuvants, which stimulate the immune system.

27 Mar 2023

Researchers isolate an IgM exhibiting ultrapotent neutralization from a Zika virus-infected pregnant woman

A recent study published in the Cell Press Journal demonstrated that plasma immunoglobulins of isotype M elicited during pregnancy have an exceptional Zika virus-neutralizing potential.

27 Mar 2023

Curcumin reduces inflammatory responses in post-COVID vaccinated adults

A new study published in the Nutrients Journal highlights the impact of curcumin supplementation on the immune response following the immunization of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors with a primary series of monovalent COVID-19 vaccines.

26 Mar 2023

Tulane receives up to $16 million to move nasal pneumonia vaccine from the lab to clinical trials

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded an up to $16 million contract to Tulane University to bring to phase one clinical trial a nasal spray vaccine university researchers invented to thwart antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a leading cause of pneumonia.

24 Mar 2023

Nasally administered molecule effective in preventing all SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers have developed a molecule that is, when administered nasally, extremely effective in preventing the disease caused by all known variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

24 Mar 2023

Candida auris escapes innate immunity through metabolic reprogramming

A team of scientists from Australia and Israel demonstrates that Candida auris, a fungus associated with life-threatening and drug-resistant infections, escapes the host's innate immune response by destroying macrophages through metabolic reprogramming. The fungus is also capable of escaping antimicrobial inflammatory response.

23 Mar 2023

Hidden "super spreader" spaces associated with a predominance of asymptomatic cases of dengue

For mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, the abundance of the insects in places where people gather has long served as the main barometer for infection risk.

23 Mar 2023

Reinfections with Omicron VOCs occur more frequently and over shorter intervals

In a recent study published in Nature's Communications Biology journal, researchers in the United States of America (USA) employed next-generation sequencing (NGS) data to assess the rise in reinfections with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant.

23 Mar 2023

Candidate hepatitis C mRNA vaccine induces protective immunity in animal model

In a recent study published in the npj vaccines journal, researchers assessed the immune protection elicited by messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines delivering Hepatitis C virus (HCV) E1 and modified E2.

23 Mar 2023

Monovalent vs. bivalent vaccines – Which is more effective against SARS-CoV-2?

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in France compared the efficacy of Pfizer-BioNTech Original/BA.4-5 bivalent vaccine compared to messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Original (ancestral) monovalent vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

22 Mar 2023

immunity News and Research

An apple a day keeps the doctor away: polyphenol-enriched apples alter immune cell gene expression and fecal microbiota composition

Next-generation influenza vaccines show greater impact and cost-effectiveness, study suggests

Study links altered gut microbiome to allergies in infants raised under COVID-19 lockdown

Using a selective dye to label macrophages associated with cancer progression

What is the relationship between a plant-based diet and the gut microbiome?

New study suggests broad neutralizing antibody could provide three years of COVID protection

COVID-19 infant hospitalizations reduced by a 3rd maternal vaccine dose during pregnancy

Breast tumors of women from different racial groups have diverse cellular, microbial and genomic features

Targeting the STING pathway with a combination strategy promotes antitumor activity

Forward genetic screening reveals important pathways for sleep regulation in C. elegans

Enhancing the effectiveness of immunization against certain cancers

Researchers isolate an IgM exhibiting ultrapotent neutralization from a Zika virus-infected pregnant woman

Curcumin reduces inflammatory responses in post-COVID vaccinated adults

Tulane receives up to $16 million to move nasal pneumonia vaccine from the lab to clinical trials

Nasally administered molecule effective in preventing all SARS-CoV-2 variants

Candida auris escapes innate immunity through metabolic reprogramming

Hidden "super spreader" spaces associated with a predominance of asymptomatic cases of dengue

Reinfections with Omicron VOCs occur more frequently and over shorter intervals

Candidate hepatitis C mRNA vaccine induces protective immunity in animal model

Monovalent vs. bivalent vaccines – Which is more effective against SARS-CoV-2?

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