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Wistar researcher receives NIH Director's Award to study link between diet, alcohol use and cancer

The National Institutes of Health today announced that Zachary T. Schug, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program at The Wistar Institute, was awarded the prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award in support of his research on the link between a high sugar/fat diet, alcohol use and cancer.

1 Oct 2019

Researchers confront mystery of tropical fungal outbreak in the Pacific Northwest

The Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 and the tsunamis it spawned may have washed a tropical fungus ashore, leading to a subsequent outbreak of often-fatal infections among people in coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest, according to a paper co-authored by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the nonprofit Translational Genomics Research Institute, an affiliate of City of Hope.

1 Oct 2019

Mount Sinai researchers receive NIH award to develop universal flu vaccine

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a contract award of up to $132 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of a new Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) program to further develop the universal flu vaccine.

1 Oct 2019

University of Georgia signs contract with NIH to develop advanced influenza vaccine

The University of Georgia has signed a contract with the National Institutes of Health for an initial award of $8 million to develop a new, more advanced influenza vaccine designed to protect against multiple strains of influenza virus in a single dose.

30 Sep 2019

Uncovering new treatment targets for pulmonary inflammation in sickle cell disease

A new study by De, Agrawal, Morrone et al, challenges the common notion that airway inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is secondary to asthma, even though the two disorders often coexist.

30 Sep 2019

Duke Human Vaccine Institute participates in a large national effort to improve flu shots

As part of a massive national effort to improve and modernize flu shots, the Duke Human Vaccine Institute has received three research contracts from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with an initial award of approximately $29.6 million in first-year funding.

30 Sep 2019

Study: Heart disease is associated with allopurinol-related severe skin reactions

Heart disease is an independent risk factor for severe adverse skin reactions in patients taking allopurinol, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

30 Sep 2019

NAU researchers aim to find microbial link between two common respiratory diseases

Asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis- sinus inflammation that lasts for at least three months- are serious and costly diseases, and both are on the rise. According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, CRS affects up to 16 percent of the U.S. adult population and eats up a staggering 5 percent of the country's health care budget each year.

27 Sep 2019

Scientists discover T cell homing beacons for lungs

Scientists have identified a pair of molecules critical for T cells, part of the immune system, to travel to and populate the lungs. A potential application could be strengthening vaccines against respiratory pathogens such as influenza.

27 Sep 2019

Study uncovers molecule linking weight gain to gut bacteria

UT Southwestern researchers have found a key driver of the crosstalk that helps synchronize the absorption of nutrients in the gut with the rhythms of the Earth's day-night light cycle.

27 Sep 2019

Cancer Research Institute declares 2019 recipients of top scientific and philanthropic awards

The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the discovery and development of powerful immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, has announced the 2019 recipients of its highest scientific and philanthropic awards.

27 Sep 2019

NIH awards $30 million to accelerate progress in TB vaccine development

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $30 million in first-year funding to establish new centers for immunology research to accelerate progress in tuberculosis vaccine development.

26 Sep 2019

New discovery sheds light on how pancreatic cancer fuels its growth

A new discovery about pancreatic cancer sheds light on how the cancer fuels its growth and may help explain how promising cancer drugs work - and for whom they will fail.

26 Sep 2019

New NIH program aims to improve lives for people with inherited blood and immune diseases

People with inherited diseases of the blood and immune system can now receive treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center through a new, streamlined program that integrates expertise from many medical specialties and related basic science disciplines.

26 Sep 2019

$22 million NIH grant helps renew AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource

The AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource has been renewed with the George Washington University serving as the primary site for the next five years, through a $22 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

25 Sep 2019

New lab-on-a-chip system quickly identifies health aspects of a person's immune system

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a lab-on-a-chip system that can identify the health aspects of a person's immune system from a drop of their blood, within minutes.

25 Sep 2019

Acne may be a natural, transient inflammatory state when facial skin is exposed to microbes

Adolescent acne does not always result in a pathological condition; rather, it may be a natural, transient inflammatory state occurring when the maturing facial skin is exposed to new microbes and enhanced production of an oily substance called sebum, according to a Forum article published on September 26 in the journal Trends in Immunology.

25 Sep 2019

GlobalData: First peanut allergy therapy unlikely to be a good choice for all patients

The FDA’s Allergenic Products Advisory Committee gave Palforzia a resounding vote of confidence and GlobalData believes that the committee’s strong support for Palforzia, despite its imperfections, highlights just how extreme the level of unmet need has become within the peanut allergy space.

25 Sep 2019

Wistar awarded more than $12 million to study opioid use in HIV-infected people

The Wistar Institute was awarded two major grants totaling more than $12 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, to fund an international multidisciplinary clinical research consortium spearheaded by Wistar's HIV Research Program.

24 Sep 2019

The biological clock modulates immune response efficiency, study shows

According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the biological clock influences immune response efficacy. Indeed, CD8 T cells, which are essential to fight infections and cancers, function very differently according to the time of day.

24 Sep 2019

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Latest Immunology News and Research

Wistar researcher receives NIH Director's Award to study link between diet, alcohol use and cancer

Researchers confront mystery of tropical fungal outbreak in the Pacific Northwest

Mount Sinai researchers receive NIH award to develop universal flu vaccine

University of Georgia signs contract with NIH to develop advanced influenza vaccine

Uncovering new treatment targets for pulmonary inflammation in sickle cell disease

Duke Human Vaccine Institute participates in a large national effort to improve flu shots

Study: Heart disease is associated with allopurinol-related severe skin reactions

NAU researchers aim to find microbial link between two common respiratory diseases

Scientists discover T cell homing beacons for lungs

Study uncovers molecule linking weight gain to gut bacteria

Cancer Research Institute declares 2019 recipients of top scientific and philanthropic awards

NIH awards $30 million to accelerate progress in TB vaccine development

New discovery sheds light on how pancreatic cancer fuels its growth

New NIH program aims to improve lives for people with inherited blood and immune diseases

$22 million NIH grant helps renew AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource

New lab-on-a-chip system quickly identifies health aspects of a person's immune system

Acne may be a natural, transient inflammatory state when facial skin is exposed to microbes

GlobalData: First peanut allergy therapy unlikely to be a good choice for all patients

Wistar awarded more than $12 million to study opioid use in HIV-infected people

The biological clock modulates immune response efficiency, study shows

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