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Association of benzodiazepines with SARS-CoV-2 positivity and clinical outcomes in three patient groups

A new study has evaluated the association of BZD use with the clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients.

10 Mar 2022

The trajectory of B-cell immunity six months after mRNA vaccination

Researchers assess SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in individuals vaccinated with a mRNA COVID-19 vaccine six months after receiving their second dose.

10 Mar 2022

Single dose of new drug nirsevimab provides safe protection against RSV in healthy infants

The new drug nirsevimab showed 74.5 percent efficacy against medically attended lower respiratory tract infections caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in healthy infants, according to an international, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

9 Mar 2022

Mechanical stress of confined migration makes cancer cells more aggressive

Squeezing through tight spaces makes cancer cells more aggressive and helps them evade cell death, shows a study published today in eLife.

9 Mar 2022

Study suggests recent common cold may actually lead to worse COVID-19 disease

A new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases shines an unexpected light on the notion that pre-existing immunity to common cold coronaviruses can protect us from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – and reveals that this may actually put certain individuals at risk of more severe clinical presentations.

8 Mar 2022

Researchers secure $12 million grant to develop improved therapies for hemophilia

An Indiana University School of Medicine researcher will lead a multi-institute effort toward improved therapies for hemophilia with help from a $12 million grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.

8 Mar 2022

Study reveals new insights on how immune system cells respond to disease-causing pathogens

In laboratory experiments involving a class of mutations in people with a rare collection of immune system disorders, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have uncovered new details about how immune system cells respond to disease-causing bacteria, fungi and viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.

8 Mar 2022

Study identifies new immune checkpoint that may be exploited for cancer treatment

A collaborative study led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute has discovered a new immune checkpoint that may be exploited for cancer therapy.

8 Mar 2022

Ketogenic diet leads to significant improvements in MS symptoms

Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who adopted a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet saw significant improvements in their MS – including reductions in neurologic disability, fatigue and depression and heightened overall quality of life, a new study finds.

8 Mar 2022

Biomedical characterization of quantitative proteomics in a hospitalized cohort of COVID-19 patients

A recent study assessed neutrophil extracellular trap formation and antiviral host response in high-risk COVID-19 patients.

8 Mar 2022

A promising approach for COVID-19 prophylaxis

SARS-CoV-2 viruses can hide from recognition by the immune system. However, the antiviral immune receptor RIG-I can be stimulated, which improves protection against lethal SARS-CoV-2 infections.

8 Mar 2022

Study explores immune escape mutations caused by prolonged viral shedding in immunocompromised COVID-19 patient

A new study examined a unique case of extended viral shedding in an immunocompromised patient that produced a series of SARS-CoV-2 immune escape mutations over a seven-month period.

8 Mar 2022

Effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine on in vitro glial cells of the brain studied by Raman spectroscopy and imaging

Researchers studied how the mRNA-based BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine altered the biochemical composition of glial and glioma brain cells in vitro.

8 Mar 2022

Researchers investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis

Predicting the future may be beyond our grasp, but what about predicting disease progression? Researchers in Japan have delved into the human genome to investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory autoimmune disease showing progressive joint damage.

7 Mar 2022

World's largest genetic study reveals fresh details about severe Covid-19

The world's largest study of the genetics of critical Covid-19, involving more than 57,000 people, has revealed fresh details about some of the biological mechanisms behind the severe form of the disease.

7 Mar 2022

Study reveals the potential of novel antiviral drug combinations to stop COVID-19 spread

Researchers from Columbia Engineering, Fiocruz's Center for Technological Development in Health and the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Brazil, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Rockefeller University recently reported that, by combining inhibitors of polymerases and exonucleases--enzymes that allow SARS-CoV-2 to reproduce--they were able to reduce SARS-CoV-2 replication 10 times more than when using just the polymerase inhibitors.

7 Mar 2022

Immune System News and Research

Association of benzodiazepines with SARS-CoV-2 positivity and clinical outcomes in three patient groups

The trajectory of B-cell immunity six months after mRNA vaccination

Single dose of new drug nirsevimab provides safe protection against RSV in healthy infants

Mechanical stress of confined migration makes cancer cells more aggressive

Study suggests recent common cold may actually lead to worse COVID-19 disease

Researchers secure $12 million grant to develop improved therapies for hemophilia

Study reveals new insights on how immune system cells respond to disease-causing pathogens

Study identifies new immune checkpoint that may be exploited for cancer treatment

Ketogenic diet leads to significant improvements in MS symptoms

Biomedical characterization of quantitative proteomics in a hospitalized cohort of COVID-19 patients

A promising approach for COVID-19 prophylaxis

Study explores immune escape mutations caused by prolonged viral shedding in immunocompromised COVID-19 patient

Effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine on in vitro glial cells of the brain studied by Raman spectroscopy and imaging

Researchers investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis

World's largest genetic study reveals fresh details about severe Covid-19

Study reveals the potential of novel antiviral drug combinations to stop COVID-19 spread

Some blood cells remain in tissues for years, research finds

New treatment strategy makes pancreatic tumors sensitive to immunotherapy, mice study shows

Specific variant of the HLA-DPB1 gene linked with poor response to allergen immunotherapy

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