Immunology News and Research

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Researchers identify antibodies that could protect against alphaviruses

Alphaviruses - mosquito-borne viruses that can trigger brain infections and arthritis - may have met their match.

19 Aug 2021

Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 swab crisis could help better prepare for future challenges

A major crisis that accompanied the rise of the pandemic was the lack of availability of the nasopharyngeal swab - necessary for testing for COVID-19, which in turn, was necessary to get a grip on the pandemic. An account of how one group addressed that crisis is published this week Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

19 Aug 2021

New discovery offers several approaches to fight visceral obesity

Pioneering mouse study offers new therapeutic avenues for reducing visceral fat stores, which have been associated with cardiovascular disease and multiple types of cancer.

18 Aug 2021

Auditory and speech processing occur in parallel in the brain

After years of research, neuroscientists have discovered a new pathway in the human brain that processes the sounds of language.

18 Aug 2021

New bioengineered lung model could help scientists to advance research in lung conditions

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from McMaster and SickKids are developing a cutting-edge lung model that can better respond to viruses and drug treatments, giving scientists a tool to advance research in lung conditions like COVID-19, cystic fibrosis and allergens for asthma and air pollution.

18 Aug 2021

Researchers receive $26.5 million NIH grant to pursue a new strategy for curing HIV

Over the last 40 years, HIV has shifted from a deadly and mysterious virus to one that can be controlled with daily drugs. But attempts to completely eliminate the virus from the bodies of people living with HIV, curing them for good, have failed.

17 Aug 2021

Age and sex affect the outcomes of time-restricted eating

Time-restricted eating (TRE), a dietary regimen that restricts eating to specific hours, has garnered increased attention in weight-loss circles.

17 Aug 2021

Delta variant unable to evade antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination, finds study

Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not particularly good at evading the antibodies generated by vaccination, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

17 Aug 2021

Weill Cornell Medicine receives $28.5 million Martin Delaney Collaboratory grant to lead HIV cure research

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $28.5 million Martin Delaney Collaboratory grant from the National Institutes of Health to lead a multi-institutional effort aimed at finding a cure for HIV.

17 Aug 2021

Dysregulation of innate lymphoid cells drives colon cancer progression and immunotherapy resistance

An immune cell subset called innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) protects against colorectal cancer, in part by helping to maintain a healthy dialogue between the immune system and gut microbes, according to a new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. The finding opens the door to new strategies for treating this type of cancer.

17 Aug 2021

Sphingolipid profile could predict severity of heart disease in African American patients with lupus

A team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina report in Frontiers in Immunology that they have identified a type of fat known as a sphingolipid that could predict the severity of heart disease in African American patients with lupus.

16 Aug 2021

Hedgehog-signaling inhibitor may shift tumor-associated macrophages back to cancer fighters

A form of cell communication called hedgehog signaling is vital for embryonic development in mammals.

16 Aug 2021

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new sample preparation method to detect SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

16 Aug 2021

Penn researchers reveal complex details of T-cell responses to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Messenger-RNA (mRNA) vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 provoke a swift and strong response by the immune system's T cells - the heavy armor of the immune system - according to a study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

16 Aug 2021

Enzyme acts as a sensor to find the hiding spots of viruses

While some types of RNA viruses cloak themselves to hide inside a cell and create copies of themselves, a "detective enzyme" might be attuned to their whereabouts. A slight variation in their genomic code gives some people's cells the capacity to produce this sensor.

14 Aug 2021

Study finds four circulating miRNAs which could effectively inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication

In a new study, Chen-Yu Zhang's group from Nanjing University presents a rather striking finding that four circulating miRNAs, which are high in healthy people and much lower in older people and diabetic patients, could effectively inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication by directly targeting the S protein.

12 Aug 2021

Immunology News and Research

Latest Immunology News and Research

Researchers identify antibodies that could protect against alphaviruses

Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 swab crisis could help better prepare for future challenges

New discovery offers several approaches to fight visceral obesity

Auditory and speech processing occur in parallel in the brain

New bioengineered lung model could help scientists to advance research in lung conditions

Researchers receive $26.5 million NIH grant to pursue a new strategy for curing HIV

Age and sex affect the outcomes of time-restricted eating

Delta variant unable to evade antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination, finds study

Weill Cornell Medicine receives $28.5 million Martin Delaney Collaboratory grant to lead HIV cure research

Dysregulation of innate lymphoid cells drives colon cancer progression and immunotherapy resistance

Sphingolipid profile could predict severity of heart disease in African American patients with lupus

Hedgehog-signaling inhibitor may shift tumor-associated macrophages back to cancer fighters

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Penn researchers reveal complex details of T-cell responses to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Enzyme acts as a sensor to find the hiding spots of viruses

Study finds four circulating miRNAs which could effectively inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication

Researcher receives $8.7 million to investigate the link between viral infections and memory disorders

Link between high-fat diet, gut microbiota and cardiovascular disease revealed

UC San Diego scientists develop new method to keep cultured cells healthy

South Australian-developed SARS-CoV-2 vaccine shows promise to prevent COVID-19 lung infection

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