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How do symptom burden and viral kinetics differ between healthy, vaccinated adults infected with either Delta, Omicron BA.1, or BA.2?

Researchers assessed the symptom profiles present in SARS-CoV-2 Delta, Omicron BA1. and BA.2-infected patients.

12 Jul 2022

Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues leads to long COVID

PASC is likely the result of long-term persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in various tissues

11 Jul 2022

Researchers create a comprehensive map of how complex networks of genes function together

Using new technologies to study thousands of genes simultaneously within immune cells, researchers at Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford School of Medicine have created the most detailed map yet of how complex networks of genes function together.

11 Jul 2022

Researchers receive $3.25 million NIH grant to better understand the oral manifestations of HIV

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will use a $3.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand how HIV impacts the human body, from mouth lesions to oral cancer.

11 Jul 2022

UT Southwestern researchers reveal the physical mechanism behind a neurological autoimmune disease

Using UT Southwestern's Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, researchers for the first time have captured images of an autoantibody bound to a nerve cell surface receptor, revealing the physical mechanism behind a neurological autoimmune disease.

11 Jul 2022

Activation of the STING pathway could help make glioblastoma multiforme more susceptible to immunotherapy

Immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment for many forms of cancer, but glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, has remained untouched.

11 Jul 2022

Universal influenza B vaccine confers robust and sustained cross-immune protection

A new universal flu vaccine protects against influenza B viruses, offering broad defense against different strains and improved immune protection, according to a new study by researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

8 Jul 2022

Scientists uncover how the innate immune system detects and fights HIV-1

Human immunodeficiency virus 1, more commonly known as HIV-1, is known for its uncanny ability to evade the immune system.

8 Jul 2022

Study illustrates how the use of whole exome sequencing can better predict treatment response

Immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors, have transformed the treatment of advanced stage cancers.

8 Jul 2022

Researchers unravel the functioning of antibodies in autoimmune encephalitis

Using a state-of-the-art method, researchers at DZNE and the University of Texas have succeeded for the first time at unraveling the effects of autoimmune antibodies, that are directed against the brain, in detail at the atomic level.

8 Jul 2022

The strength and breadth of antibody responses elicited by hybrid immunity to COVID-19 vaccination or infection alone

Researchers assessed neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 after receiving one dose of vaccine.

8 Jul 2022

Rare Cells Capable of Transforming into Leukemia may Provide new Insight into Leukemic Landscape

In our latest interview, News Medical speaks to Adam G. Schrum, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery at the University of Missouri, about how dysfunction in an unusual type of thymocyte cell may develop into leukemia in some patients.

8 Jul 2022

Human milk immune activity may both lower and increase infants’ infectious disease risk

Researchers discuss the short-term effects of the immune system of breast milk on infant health.

7 Jul 2022

Scientists identify molecules promoting plant immunity

Two studies published by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany in collaboration with colleagues in China have discovered natural cellular molecules that drive critical plant immune responses.

7 Jul 2022

A Spanish study found traces of environmental pollution in breast milk

A new study reveals that breast milk is often contaminated by environmental pollutants.

6 Jul 2022

Study offers insights into potentially problematic interactions between viruses and live vaccines

A study of a herpes virus that infects chickens offers new insights into potentially problematic interactions between vaccines made from live viruses and the viruses they are meant to thwart.

6 Jul 2022

Vaccine generates antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 spike protein regions shared among many coronaviruses

Could the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine reawaken previous antibody responses and point the way to a universal coronavirus vaccine? A new analysis of the antibody response to a COVID-19 vaccine suggests the immune system's history with other coronaviruses, including those behind the common cold, shapes the patient's response, according to a study published today in Cell Reports.

6 Jul 2022

COVID-19 vaccination with bacterial peptide conjugated to receptor-binding domain elicits potent immune response

In a new study, researchers assessed the efficiency of immunization with a bacterial peptide conjugated to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

6 Jul 2022

Vaccination against smallpox efficiently protects against monkeypox infection

In a new study, researchers assessed the existing information regarding monkeypox infections.

6 Jul 2022

DZNE and Intravacc receive € 2.5 million EU funding to develop a prototype ALS vaccine

DZNE and Intravacc B.V., a world leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) of preventive and therapeutic vaccines, have been awarded a funding of € 2.5 million from the European Union (EIC Transition Grant) to further develop a prototype ALS vaccine, including process development, scale-up, and toxicology study.

6 Jul 2022

Immune System News and Research

How do symptom burden and viral kinetics differ between healthy, vaccinated adults infected with either Delta, Omicron BA.1, or BA.2?

Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in tissues leads to long COVID

Researchers create a comprehensive map of how complex networks of genes function together

Researchers receive $3.25 million NIH grant to better understand the oral manifestations of HIV

UT Southwestern researchers reveal the physical mechanism behind a neurological autoimmune disease

Activation of the STING pathway could help make glioblastoma multiforme more susceptible to immunotherapy

Universal influenza B vaccine confers robust and sustained cross-immune protection

Scientists uncover how the innate immune system detects and fights HIV-1

Study illustrates how the use of whole exome sequencing can better predict treatment response

Researchers unravel the functioning of antibodies in autoimmune encephalitis

The strength and breadth of antibody responses elicited by hybrid immunity to COVID-19 vaccination or infection alone

Rare Cells Capable of Transforming into Leukemia may Provide new Insight into Leukemic Landscape

Human milk immune activity may both lower and increase infants’ infectious disease risk

Scientists identify molecules promoting plant immunity

A Spanish study found traces of environmental pollution in breast milk

Study offers insights into potentially problematic interactions between viruses and live vaccines

Vaccine generates antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 spike protein regions shared among many coronaviruses

COVID-19 vaccination with bacterial peptide conjugated to receptor-binding domain elicits potent immune response

Vaccination against smallpox efficiently protects against monkeypox infection

DZNE and Intravacc receive € 2.5 million EU funding to develop a prototype ALS vaccine

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