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Researchers develop new approach for COVID-19 testing

Researchers from UC San Francisco and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub have developed a new approach for COVID-19 testing that detects a distinct pattern of immune gene expression in infected individuals.

7 Dec 2020

Single-cell sequencing provides new fundamental insights into 'abdominal brain'

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have succeeded in mapping the neuron types comprising the enteric nervous system in the intestine of mice.

7 Dec 2020

Chemotherapy combined with blinatumomab increases survival for patients with Ph-negative B-ALL

A study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that first-line treatment with a regimen of chemotherapy combined with the monoclonal antibody blinatumomab resulted in increased survival and achieved a high rate of measurable residual disease (MRD) negativity for patients who were newly diagnosed with a high-risk form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) known as Philadelphia chromosome-negative B-cell ALL (Ph-negative B-ALL).

7 Dec 2020

RNA mutations within common bacterium linked to invasive meningococcal disease

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium that leaves most people unharmed.

7 Dec 2020

RUDN team suggests new tool to control inflammation in asthma patients with accompanying diseases

A team of immunologists from RUDN University suggested a new tool to control inflammation levels in asthma patients with accompanying diseases.

7 Dec 2020

COVID-19 genetic risk variants impact diverse immune cell types and severe disease manifestations

A team of researchers from UK and US used the DICE database and 3D cis-interactome maps to generate a list of target genes and immune cell types that are most affected by the genetic variants associated with COVID-19 severity.

7 Dec 2020

Clinical investigators present abstracts on hematological malignancies at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition

Clinical investigators from Hackensack Meridian Health John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC), a member of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center consortium, are to present updates on treatment advances in multiple myeloma (MM), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), and other types of B-cell lymphoma (BCL) as well as leukemia at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, to be held virtually from December 5-8, 2020.

7 Dec 2020

Combination of venetoclax and standard therapies shows promise in high-risk myeloid blood cancers

The novel oral drug venetoclax can be safely added to standard therapies for some high-risk myeloid blood cancers and in early studies the combination shows promise of improved outcomes, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

7 Dec 2020

Mysterious particle found in the blood of people with sepsis

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology have found that people with sepsis have never-before-seen particles in their blood.

5 Dec 2020

People with vitamin D deficiency at higher risk of severe COVID-19, says study

A new study has revealed that vitamin D deficient patients are more likely to experience severe COVID-19.

4 Dec 2020

COVID-19 impacts cardiac care in the United Kingdom

Postponing non-urgent cardiac care and surgeries because of COVID-19 will likely increase demand for cardiac care along with increased costs.

4 Dec 2020

UZ Leuven team performs double lung transplant with lungs of an ex-COVID-19 patient

The lung transplantation team at UZ Leuven, the university hospital of Leuven, performed a double lung transplantation for the first time with lungs from a donor who had experienced a mild form of COVID-19 three months earlier.

4 Dec 2020

International scientific team reports 'super-spreader' potential of Andes virus

"Super-spreader" events and extensive person-to-person contact propelled an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a small village in Argentina from 2018-2019, according to research published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Dec 2020

Vaccination against tuberculosis has influence on the epidemiology of COVID-19

St Petersburg University scientists have analyzed about 100 academic papers and statistics on the incidence of COVID-19 in different countries of the world.

3 Dec 2020

Genetically engineered T cells can target, attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes

A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.

3 Dec 2020

Can melatonin help prevent severe COVID-19?

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada has found that melatonin can be an adjuvant to augment the efficacy of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. They believe that the drug is a potential “silver bullet” to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Dec 2020

TTUHSC professor receives 2020 Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award

The Lupus Research Alliance recently named R. Bryan Sutton, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, as a recipient of a 2020 Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award.

3 Dec 2020

Scientists report the first map of molecular responses of human lung cells to SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a multi-group collaborative involving the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL), the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), and the Center for Network Systems Biology (CNSB), scientists have reported the first map of the molecular responses of human lung cells to infection by SARS-CoV-2.

2 Dec 2020

New wearable sensor can track healing in chronic skin wounds

Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have presented a proof-of-concept for a wearable sensor that can track healing in sores, ulcers, and other kinds of chronic skin wounds, even without the need to remove the bandages.

2 Dec 2020

Immune system differences, better blood vessel health could protect children from severe COVID-19

Differences in the immune systems and better blood vessel health were among the factors protecting children from severe COVID-19, according to a new review.

2 Dec 2020

Immune System News and Research

Researchers develop new approach for COVID-19 testing

Single-cell sequencing provides new fundamental insights into 'abdominal brain'

Chemotherapy combined with blinatumomab increases survival for patients with Ph-negative B-ALL

RNA mutations within common bacterium linked to invasive meningococcal disease

RUDN team suggests new tool to control inflammation in asthma patients with accompanying diseases

COVID-19 genetic risk variants impact diverse immune cell types and severe disease manifestations

Clinical investigators present abstracts on hematological malignancies at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition

Combination of venetoclax and standard therapies shows promise in high-risk myeloid blood cancers

Mysterious particle found in the blood of people with sepsis

People with vitamin D deficiency at higher risk of severe COVID-19, says study

COVID-19 impacts cardiac care in the United Kingdom

UZ Leuven team performs double lung transplant with lungs of an ex-COVID-19 patient

International scientific team reports 'super-spreader' potential of Andes virus

Vaccination against tuberculosis has influence on the epidemiology of COVID-19

Genetically engineered T cells can target, attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes

Can melatonin help prevent severe COVID-19?

TTUHSC professor receives 2020 Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award

Scientists report the first map of molecular responses of human lung cells to SARS-CoV-2 infection

New wearable sensor can track healing in chronic skin wounds

Immune system differences, better blood vessel health could protect children from severe COVID-19

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