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Newly discovered CRISPR immune system shuts down infected cells to thwart infection

In this interview, News Medical speaks to Assitant Professor Ryan Jackson about his latest work, published in tandem Nature papers, detailing the discovery of a new CRISPR immune system.

11 Jan 2023

Injectable hydrogel suppresses infections and promotes healing around prosthetics

Total hip and knee replacements are challenging enough for patients. When an infection occurs in the aftermath, the results are often disastrous, requiring potent antibiotics and revisionary surgery.

10 Jan 2023

Anticancer drugs offer new hope for treatment of sepsis

Research led by the IGC reveals how these drugs limit inflammation, positioning them as potential treatments for sepsis.

10 Jan 2023

Drug combination elicits efficacious anti-tumor immunity against immunotherapy-resistant cancers

Immunotherapy is a way of treating cancer by reprogramming the patient's immune system to attack their tumor.

10 Jan 2023

Study uncovers molecular features responsible for the development, progression of metastatic breast cancer

A multi-institutional national study has identified unique molecular features responsible for the development and progression of metastatic breast cancer.

9 Jan 2023

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Dr. Justin Devine and Dr. Nicholas Woudberg about biomarkers, their importance for drug development as well as the potential they have when it comes to machine learning.

From Synexa Life Sciences 9 Jan 2023

Vitamin D can help the immune system fight tuberculosis, study says

Most people probably associate tuberculosis with a leaky loft in 20th-century Paris. But as a matter of fact, tuberculosis is not ancient history.

6 Jan 2023

Study details the “immunometabolic editing” mechanism of tumor evolution

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that the immune system's surveillance of cancer can itself induce metabolic adaptations in the cells of early-stage tumors that simultaneously promote their growth and equip them to suppress lethal immune responses.

5 Jan 2023

Researchers reveal previously unknown properties of T cells

Certain T cells can secrete cytokines that are normally part of the innate immune system, as researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology and an international research team discovered.

5 Jan 2023

Historic agreement to accelerate trials into vaccines for cancer and wider diseases

Trials into vaccines for cancer and wider diseases will accelerate after the government reached a historic agreement with a leading biopharmaceutical firm to bring revolutionary research to England.

5 Jan 2023

Immune system B-cells may be better in predicting HER2-positive breast cancer treatment response

Researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues have found that measuring activation of immune-system B cells may be better than measuring either T-cell activation or the total number of immune cells in and around a tumor, called tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), in predicting whether HER2-positive breast cancer responds to treatment.

5 Jan 2023

Intestinal bacteria in multiple sclerosis patients vary with disease activity, study finds

Multiple sclerosis patients do not have the same bacteria in their intestines as healthy people. There are also differences in the composition and function of the bacteria in the intestines of multiple sclerosis patients, depending on whether their illness is active, and whether they are in treatment.

5 Jan 2023

What is the role of SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 2 in repressing host antiviral immunity?

Researchers uncovered a novel mechanism that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and other coronaviruses (CoVs) use to exploit host antiviral immune system to facilitate their replication.

5 Jan 2023

Structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune system revealed

In a rare feat, Utah State University biochemists Thomson Hallmark and Ryan Jackson, along with collaborators, published not one, but two seminal papers in a top-tier, peer-reviewed journal this week.

4 Jan 2023

New dual-action, cancer-killing vaccine tested in an advanced mouse model of glioblastoma

Scientists are harnessing a new way to turn cancer cells into potent, anti-cancer agents. In the latest work from the lab of Khalid Shah, MS, PhD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, investigators have developed a new cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumors and induce long-term immunity, training the immune system so that it can prevent cancer from recurring.

4 Jan 2023

Researchers develop new tool to isolate and analyze rare astrocyte regulators

Rare cell types can have an undue influence on human health. Previous research has suggested that a subset of astrocytes - star-shaped cells in the brain and spinal cord - may be responsible for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease in which the immune system attacks the covering that protects nerves.

4 Jan 2023

Immune System News and Research

Newly discovered CRISPR immune system shuts down infected cells to thwart infection

Injectable hydrogel suppresses infections and promotes healing around prosthetics

Anticancer drugs offer new hope for treatment of sepsis

Drug combination elicits efficacious anti-tumor immunity against immunotherapy-resistant cancers

Study uncovers molecular features responsible for the development, progression of metastatic breast cancer

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

Vitamin D can help the immune system fight tuberculosis, study says

Study details the “immunometabolic editing” mechanism of tumor evolution

Researchers reveal previously unknown properties of T cells

Historic agreement to accelerate trials into vaccines for cancer and wider diseases

Immune system B-cells may be better in predicting HER2-positive breast cancer treatment response

Intestinal bacteria in multiple sclerosis patients vary with disease activity, study finds

What is the role of SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 2 in repressing host antiviral immunity?

Structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune system revealed

New dual-action, cancer-killing vaccine tested in an advanced mouse model of glioblastoma

Researchers develop new tool to isolate and analyze rare astrocyte regulators

Synthetic tissue repairs injuries and restores normal erectile function in pig model

The relationship between metabolic disease and alternations in lipid homeostasis

Subtle variations in every day cognitive performance associated with susceptibility to viral illness

What is the impact of COVID-19 on the human genetic architecture?

Understanding the DNA Damage Response in Innate Immunity eBook

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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