Immunology News and Research

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Powerful weapon discovered to fight antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are a major cause of serious infections that often persist despite antibiotic treatment, but scientists at the UNC School of Medicine have now discovered a way to make these bacteria much more susceptible to some common antibiotics.

14 Aug 2019

UC San Diego researchers win $9 million funding to identify cellular cause of type 1 diabetes

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers have been awarded nearly $9 million to fund two multi-institutional research projects that use human pluripotent stem cells, CRISPR and human organoids to dissect beta cell defects and create a human cell model of type 1 diabetes aimed at identifying the elusive cellular actions leading to disease onset.

14 Aug 2019

Deadly protein combination reveals new drug targets for viral infections

New research from Cornell University details how two highly lethal viruses have greater pathogenic potential when their proteins are combined.

14 Aug 2019

Roswell Park receives more than $15 million in grants for cancer research

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have received more than a dozen recent grant awards totaling more than $15.4 million.

14 Aug 2019

Study shows how cervicovaginal microbiome can elicit resistance to chlamydia

The vaginal microbiome is believed to protect women against Chlamydia trachomatis, the etiological agent of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in developed countries.

13 Aug 2019

Researchers to develop smart bandages that can monitor wound healing

Researchers are developing a tiny electronic sensor that can be embedded into bandages and help medics heal wounds by “listening” to them.

13 Aug 2019

Better insights into human defense mechanisms on the molecular level

With the help of new technology, the researchers of the University of Turku in Finland have gained more detailed information on the diversity of the human lymphatic system than before.

13 Aug 2019

Collaborative project aims to discover novel regulators of immune responses

Harvard University and Merck are launching a collaboration that will provide significant research funding for up to four years to support immuno-oncology research led by Arlene Sharpe, MD, PhD, at Harvard Medical School.

13 Aug 2019

Researchers make scientific breakthrough regarding Leishmania virulence strategy

A team from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique has made a scientific breakthrough regarding the virulence strategy employed by the Leishmania parasite to infect cells of the immune system.

12 Aug 2019

New T cell detection method promises personalized immunotherapy for melanomas

An important new study shows that better T cell detection is now possible using revolutionary technology. T cells are a type of lymphocyte, which in turn belongs to the diverse family of immune cells. They take part in cancer fighting as well as in most other immune responses.

12 Aug 2019

Study reveals Lassa virus' soft spot

As this year's Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria is finally ebbing, the total tally came to more than 600 infected people, one-quarter of them dead. Thousands more die each year, uncounted in rural villages throughout West Africa.

9 Aug 2019

New insights into emergent evolutionary potential and generative phenotype

In the cover photo, nature photographer Andreas Kay has captured one of the most striking examples of Batesian Mimicry in nature--first reported by Henry Walter Bates in 1861.

9 Aug 2019

Potential genomics methods discover gene signature predicting type 1 diabetes

Using cutting-edge genomics methods a gene signature predicting type 1 diabetes was discovered. This signature is detectable already before the appearance of type 1 diabetes associated autoantibodies.

8 Aug 2019

Simple, minimally-invasive tool to study nasal airways of cystic fibrosis patients

A paper published today in Science Translational Medicine describes a simple, minimally invasive new tool for viewing differences in the nasal airways of cystic fibrosis patients in vivo at a cellular level.

8 Aug 2019

Whole genome sequencing could give officials a powerful weapon to track disease outbreaks

Whole genome sequencing technology may give epidemiologists and healthcare workers a powerful weapon in tracking and, possibly, controlling outbreaks of serious diseases, according to a team of researchers.

8 Aug 2019

How to avoid and treat seasonal allergies

You may think you can't tell the difference between the symptoms caused by spring, summer and fall allergies.

8 Aug 2019

'Stealth MRSA' is hiding in its genes to develop antibiotic resistance, study reveals

The superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a problem pathogen of long-standing clinical concern due to its resistance to methicillin and related antibiotics, such as oxacillin.

7 Aug 2019

Researchers discover promising approach to silence HIV infection

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a new potential medication that works with an HIV-infected person's own body to further suppress the ever present but silent virus that available HIV treatments are unable to combat.

6 Aug 2019

LUCA Biologics develops live biotherapeutics for unmet medical needs in women's health

LUCA Biologics, a biotechnology company co-founded by Dr. Jacques Ravel, announced today it will develop live biotherapeutics for widespread, unmet medical needs in women's health. Ravel will serve as LUCA's Chief Scientist.

6 Aug 2019

New research explains why some cancers don't respond to immunotherapy

New research has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don't respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy called "checkpoint inhibitors" or anti-PD-1.

6 Aug 2019

Immunology News and Research

Latest Immunology News and Research

Powerful weapon discovered to fight antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

UC San Diego researchers win $9 million funding to identify cellular cause of type 1 diabetes

Deadly protein combination reveals new drug targets for viral infections

Roswell Park receives more than $15 million in grants for cancer research

Study shows how cervicovaginal microbiome can elicit resistance to chlamydia

Researchers to develop smart bandages that can monitor wound healing

Better insights into human defense mechanisms on the molecular level

Collaborative project aims to discover novel regulators of immune responses

Researchers make scientific breakthrough regarding Leishmania virulence strategy

New T cell detection method promises personalized immunotherapy for melanomas

Study reveals Lassa virus' soft spot

New insights into emergent evolutionary potential and generative phenotype

Potential genomics methods discover gene signature predicting type 1 diabetes

Simple, minimally-invasive tool to study nasal airways of cystic fibrosis patients

Whole genome sequencing could give officials a powerful weapon to track disease outbreaks

How to avoid and treat seasonal allergies

'Stealth MRSA' is hiding in its genes to develop antibiotic resistance, study reveals

Researchers discover promising approach to silence HIV infection

LUCA Biologics develops live biotherapeutics for unmet medical needs in women's health

New research explains why some cancers don't respond to immunotherapy

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