Immunology

Immunology is the study of the body's immune system.

What is Immunology?

Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that deals with the response of an organism to antigenic challenge and its recognition of what is self and what is not. It deals with the defence mechanisms including all physical, chemical and biological properties of the organism that help it to combat its susceptibility to foreign organisms, material, etc.

What does it mean to be Immunocompromised?

Classical Immunology

The Immunological Functions of Red Blood Cells

Clinical Immunology

Developmental Immunology

Evolutionary Immunology

B Cell Development

Cells of the Adaptive Immune System

Cells of the Innate Immune System

Lymph Node Structure

Regulatory T Cells and Cancer

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Cytokine Regulation

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The Circadian Rhythm and the Immune System

The Different Types of Immunostaining

What are the Types of Neuroinflammation?

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Using Flow Cytometry to Diagnose Primary Immunodeficiencies (PIDs)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

What is a STING antagonist?

The Clinical Importance of Immunogenetics

Latest Immunology News and Research

Discovering the future of cell research

In this interview, Yael Geva and Andreas Friese talk to AZoNetwork about how OLS and IDEA-bio Medical joined forces to become a powerhouse in the cell research industry.

From IDEA Bio-Medical Ltd. 17 Aug 2022

BSACI develops a guideline for diagnosing and managing pollen food syndrome

People with Pollen Food Syndrome (PFS)-;also known as oral allergy syndrome or pollen food allergy syndrome-;experience an allergic reaction when consuming raw plant foods, and triggers can vary depending on an individual's pollen sensitization, which in turn is affected by geographical location. The British Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology Standards of Care Committee has developed a guideline for diagnosing and managing PFS.

17 Aug 2022

Peter Adams and Bing Ren receive NIH grant to join multi-institution initiative studying the aging process

Peter Adams, Ph.D., and Bing Ren, Ph.D., have been awarded a new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to join a multi-institution initiative studying the process of aging.

16 Aug 2022

CSU part of $12.5 million-supported institute to advance virus research and education

Colorado State University researchers are part of a $12.5 million National Science Foundation-supported institute that will advance research and education around viral emergence – the process of viruses jumping from animals to humans.

16 Aug 2022

LSHTM expert comment: UK's MHRA approves bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a booster vaccine made by Moderna which targets two COVID-19 variants, known as a bivalent vaccine. Following clinical trial data that showed it triggers a strong immune response against both strains, the vaccine was found to meet the UK regulator's standards for safety, quality and effectiveness. Vaccine expert, Professor Beate Kampmann reacts to this announcement.

16 Aug 2022

Atlantia Clinical Trials: Investigating the interrelation of microbiology and immunology

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From Atlantia Clinical Trials 16 Aug 2022

In monkeys, spike-based vaccines produce some immunity based on CD8 T-cells

Scientists evaluate the role of CD8+ T-cells in vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in rhesus macaques.

14 Aug 2022

How well does hybrid immunity protect against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants?

A new study explores the protection elicited by hybrid immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

14 Aug 2022

One Medicine: A collaboration for the benefit of both humans and animals

One Medicine is described as many different things by many different people. The UK charity that drives One Medicine – Humanimal Trust – defines it as collaboration between vets, doctors and researchers so that all humans and animals benefit from equitable and sustainable medical progress, but not at the expense of an animal’s life.

12 Aug 2022

How does COVID-19 increase clotting risk?

An in-depth review article describing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related coagulopathy has recently been published in the journal Nature Reviews Immunology.

11 Aug 2022

UIC focuses on developing an antiviral therapy for filoviruses

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago are working with the National Institutes of Health and researchers from across the country to establish a center for antiviral drug development for pandemic-level viruses, including Ebola and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

11 Aug 2022

Novel model reveals how genomic instability arises in histologically benign tissue

Understanding which cells give rise to which areas of cancer can improve our understanding of how a tumor has grown and developed, including how it has changed genetically, over time. This has been made possible using a new technique called spatial transcriptomics, which allows scientists to see what genetic changes take place without breaking up the tissue they're looking at.

11 Aug 2022

Study aims to understand how female fertility is established at the molecular level

Fertility is finite for mammalian females. From birth, females possess a limited number of primordial follicles, collectively called the ovarian reserve. Within each follicle is an oocyte that eventually becomes an egg. But with age, the follicles in the ovarian reserve decrease.

11 Aug 2022

Scientists discover new target for treatment of premature aging disorders

A stretch of DNA that hops around the human genome plays a role in premature aging disorders, scientists at the Salk Institute and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have discovered.

10 Aug 2022

Epidural lidocaine injections show promise for treating psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory, debilitating skin disorder. Although there is no cure for psoriasis, several treatment options can inhibit inflammation and relieve signs and symptoms of this disease.

10 Aug 2022

Less than half of the YouTube videos on allergic rhinitis provide useful information, study finds

Want to build a spice rack for your kitchen? Pull up a YouTube video to see how it might be done. Got allergic rhinitis (hay fever) symptoms that just won't quit? Don't do a random YouTube search because the information you find there has a good chance of being inaccurate.

10 Aug 2022