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ARPA-H funding boosts Wyss Institute's RNA therapeutic project

With the award for up to $27 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a collaborative research project at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University will advance a disease-agnostic novel RNA therapeutic with the potential to treat diverse diseases, and to be effectively and rapidly deployable.

15 Jul 2024

Drastic caloric restriction by athletes diminishes performance and compromises the immune system

Drastically cutting back on caloric intake to lose weight ahead of competition is commonplace among athletes.

15 Jul 2024

COVID-19 leads to long-term changes in the immune system, study shows

In a study recently published in the renowned journal "Allergy", a MedUni Vienna research team shows that COVID-19 leads to considerable long-term changes in the immune system, even in mild cases.

15 Jul 2024

New threshold for CXCL13 concentration revolutionizes neuroborreliosis diagnosis

A newly defined threshold for the concentration of the cytokine CXCL13 may improve the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis.

13 Jul 2024

UQ study offers insights into how Haemophilus influenzae manipulates the immune system

Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness.

12 Jul 2024

Immune cell inflammation may be responsible for some severe symptoms in lysosomal storage diseases

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have found that inflammation in an immune cell may be responsible in part for some severe symptoms in a group of rare genetic conditions called lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs).

12 Jul 2024

Leveraging antibodies as a drug delivery mechanism may prove useful in the treatment of cancers

The primary goal in cancer drug research is not merely to discover compounds that can destroy cancer cells, but to develop methods that specifically target and deliver these agents to cancer cells, sparing healthy ones.

11 Jul 2024

Unveiling late-onset combined immunodeficiency in patients with 18q del syndrome

Chromosome 18q deletion (18q del) syndromeis a rare genetic condition disorder, affecting approximately 1 in 40,000 to 55,000 individuals, caused by the deletion of genetic material on the long arm of chromosome 18.

11 Jul 2024

Distinct T-cell signatures identified in children with type 1 diabetes

A study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland found distinct signatures in CD8-positive T cells in blood samples from children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes and in autoantibody-positive children who later developed type 1 diabetes.

11 Jul 2024

Researchers identify molecular processes crucial for the maturation of Group 2 innate lymphoid cells

Scientists have discovered a novel mechanism of ILC2 immune cell development which may be involved in exacerbating allergic diseases.

11 Jul 2024

Group of small molecules exclusive to liver tumors could be key to developing cancer vaccines

A study led by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, with Cima University of Navarra and Pompeu Fabra University, has identified a group of small molecules exclusive to liver tumors that could be key to developing cancer vaccines.

11 Jul 2024

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots. Some experts say the US should, too.

As bird flu spreads among dairy cattle in the U.S., veterinarians and researchers have taken note of Finland's move to vaccinate farmworkers at risk of infection. They wonder why their government doesn't do the same.

11 Jul 2024

Researchers identify shared molecular mechanism in cancer and pregnancy that suppresses immune system

Researchers elucidated the shared immune tolerance mechanisms in cancer and pregnancy, focusing on the role of an immune checkpoint protein as an onco-fetal immune tolerance checkpoint.

11 Jul 2024

Liver's defense mechanism hinders immunity in chronic hepatitis B, study reveals

In chronic hepatitis B, the liver contains immune cells that could destroy hepatitis B virus infected cells but are inactive. A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered that cells blood vessels in the liver start a "sleep timer" that switches off immune cells. Targeting this mechanism could be a starting point for immunotherapies.

11 Jul 2024

Scientists discover a molecular defect that promotes pathologic immune response in lupus

Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women's Hospital scientists have discovered a molecular defect that promotes the pathologic immune response in systemic lupus erythematosus (known as lupus) and show that reversing this defect may potentially reverse the disease.

10 Jul 2024

Immune System News and Research

ARPA-H funding boosts Wyss Institute's RNA therapeutic project

Drastic caloric restriction by athletes diminishes performance and compromises the immune system

COVID-19 leads to long-term changes in the immune system, study shows

New threshold for CXCL13 concentration revolutionizes neuroborreliosis diagnosis

UQ study offers insights into how Haemophilus influenzae manipulates the immune system

Immune cell inflammation may be responsible for some severe symptoms in lysosomal storage diseases

Leveraging antibodies as a drug delivery mechanism may prove useful in the treatment of cancers

Unveiling late-onset combined immunodeficiency in patients with 18q del syndrome

Distinct T-cell signatures identified in children with type 1 diabetes

Researchers identify molecular processes crucial for the maturation of Group 2 innate lymphoid cells

Group of small molecules exclusive to liver tumors could be key to developing cancer vaccines

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots. Some experts say the US should, too.

Researchers identify shared molecular mechanism in cancer and pregnancy that suppresses immune system

Liver's defense mechanism hinders immunity in chronic hepatitis B, study reveals

Scientists discover a molecular defect that promotes pathologic immune response in lupus

Click-like chemistry enables rapid development of LNPs for enhanced mRNA delivery

Efficient multi-site genome editing with retron-derived multitrons

Pregnancy loss risk heightened by family history of endocrine diseases

Trinity College Dublin researchers uncover key to enhancing MRSA vaccine efficacy

How does SARS-CoV-2 cause lymphopenia when T cells barely express ACE-2 receptors?

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