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UTSW researchers discover how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines

Immunologists and geneticists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines – findings that could offer insight to treat digestive diseases and perhaps help improve the efficacy of some vaccines.

16 Sep 2021

How Fauci and the NIH got ahead of the FDA and CDC in backing boosters

In January — long before the first jabs of covid-19 vaccine were even available to most Americans — scientists working under Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases were already thinking about potential booster shots.

16 Sep 2021

Pew announces support for the 2021 class of Innovation Fund investigators

The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the six pairs of researchers who will make up its 2021 class of Innovation Fund investigators.

15 Sep 2021

New genetic classifier can predict the sensitivity of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

A research team by Prof. YANG Wulin and DAI Haiming from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently proposed a genetic classifier that can predict the sensitivity of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in the field of tumor molecular markers.

15 Sep 2021

MS patients receiving aCD20 treatment mount robust T-cell responses to COVID-19 vaccines

New research shows that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients undergoing anti-CD20 (aCD20) treatment – which depletes the B cells that contribute to the MS attacks – are able to mount robust T-cell responses to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, despite having a muted antibody response to the vaccines.

14 Sep 2021

Low dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine generates durable immune response

A new study from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) scientists helps answer the question: how long does immunity against COVID-19 last in vaccinated people?

14 Sep 2021

Severe COVID-19 linked to increase in autoantibodies

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients are substantially more likely to harbor autoantibodies -;antibodies directed at their own tissues or at substances their immune cells secrete into the blood -; than people without COVID-19, according to a new study.

14 Sep 2021

Eosinophils play a role in the battle against cancer metastases, study finds

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that eosinophils - a type of white blood cells - are recruited to the battle against cancer metastases in the lungs.

13 Sep 2021

Functional impairment of HIV-specific T cells precedes aborted virus control

HIV is a master of evading the immune system, using a variety of methods to prevent the body from being able to find and kill it.

13 Sep 2021

Researchers identify the spleen as primary site for priming of 'killer' T cells during influenza infection

CD8+ T cells -; known as "killer" T cells -; are the assassins of the immune system. Once they are primed, they seek out and destroy other cells that are infected with virus or cells that are cancerous.

12 Sep 2021

Neutrophil extracellular traps boost the bacterial killing power of macrophages

Like a spider trapping its prey, our immune system cells cooperate to capture and "eat" bacteria.

12 Sep 2021

Virus-like nanoparticle vaccine effective against SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

A COVID-19 vaccine, created from a virus-like nanoparticle that displays SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBDs, effectively protects animal model from infection.

10 Sep 2021

'Cold' tumors can be turned 'hot' with extremely low doses of radiation, study shows

A Ludwig Cancer Research study conducted in both mice and a small group of patients with advanced cancers has shown that so-called “cold” tumors that are nearly devoid of immune cells—and therefore unresponsive to immunotherapy—can be turned “hot” with extremely low doses of radiation and the rational use of existing therapies.

9 Sep 2021

Allergic reactions provide protection against yeast-triggered asthma, research shows

We think of asthma and other allergic diseases as unnecessary aberrant immune responses that do more harm than good. However, new evidence by an international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine shows that some allergic reactions provide necessary protection against highly invasive and potentially lethal infectious agents, such as yeast.

9 Sep 2021

Molecular underpinning of chronic bone infection in patients with mycobacterial disease revealed

About a quarter of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis bacteria, according to the World Health Organization, but only about 5 to 10% of those infected will develop symptoms. These pathogens are mycobacteria, which are everywhere, including in chlorine-treated tap water.

8 Sep 2021

Immunology News and Research

Latest Immunology News and Research

UTSW researchers discover how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines

How Fauci and the NIH got ahead of the FDA and CDC in backing boosters

Pew announces support for the 2021 class of Innovation Fund investigators

New genetic classifier can predict the sensitivity of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

MS patients receiving aCD20 treatment mount robust T-cell responses to COVID-19 vaccines

Low dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine generates durable immune response

Severe COVID-19 linked to increase in autoantibodies

Eosinophils play a role in the battle against cancer metastases, study finds

Functional impairment of HIV-specific T cells precedes aborted virus control

Researchers identify the spleen as primary site for priming of 'killer' T cells during influenza infection

Neutrophil extracellular traps boost the bacterial killing power of macrophages

Virus-like nanoparticle vaccine effective against SARS-CoV-2 in animal model

'Cold' tumors can be turned 'hot' with extremely low doses of radiation, study shows

Allergic reactions provide protection against yeast-triggered asthma, research shows

Molecular underpinning of chronic bone infection in patients with mycobacterial disease revealed

Increased infectivity and immune evasion drive the spread of Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant

Weill Cornell receives NIH support to advance TB research

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UVA research quantifies the antibody response generated by Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines

Stem-like T cells within certain lymph nodes could be natural cancer fighters, study shows

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