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Published today in Nature Communications, the team from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), Alfred Health and Monash University sought to understand which patients would recover quickly from influenza and which would become severely ill.
A new approach to tackling viruses by targeting the ‘control centre’ in viral RNA could lead to broad spectrum anti-viral drugs and provide a first line of defence against future pandemics, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.
Investigators found similarities in the bacterial composition of the mouth among patients with early rheumatoid…
A new study published in Arthritis Care & Research indicates that few individuals with the…
UMass Amherst biomedical engineer awarded NIH Trailblazer grant to advance promising research
The approach could help clinicians know when to correctly prescribe antibiotics
These findings could help researchers identify the mechanisms that cause severe disease.
The most complete picture yet is coming into focus of how antibodies produced in people…
Aging is the biggest risk factor for perturbation of the nervous system, even in the…
Scientists believe a stomach-specific protein plays a major role in the progression of obesity, according…
Children born in Sarnia, Ontario at higher risk of developing asthma, compared to neighbouring cities
Scientists at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard discover that “elite controllers” have myeloid dendritic cells that display characteristics of trained innate immune cells.
New research shows that patients who have had contact with the hospital due to serious glandular disease have a greater risk of subsequently developing depression. The study from iPSYCH is the largest yet to show a correlation between glandular fever and
If not before, then certainly since the first messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to combat the…
A research team led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) scientists recently developed a…
ATLANTA–An influenza vaccine that is made of nanoparticles and administered through the nose enhances the…
Single-cell analysis of autopsy samples from COVID-19 patients shows how the lungs repeatedly tried, and failed, to repair themselves
‘Head and Neck Cancer: Hallmarks of The Inflammation Ecosystem’ aims to highlight the significant roles…
Inflammatory markers were higher in people with high blood pressure and diabetes
People with diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus are more likely to have heart attacks, angina, and strokes. A review of the scientific literature on the subject shows that regular exercise improves vascular function in these patients
A clinical trial was conducted with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital. The supplementation did not reduce length of stay or affect the proportion requiring intensive
SARS-CoV-2 can recruit a haem metabolite to evade antibody immunity
Severe cases of COVID-19 can involve extensive inflammation in the body, and clinicians have wondered if this state is similar to what are called cytokine storm syndromes, in which the immune system produces too many inflammatory signals that can sometimes lead to organ failure and death.
A study of immune cells circulating in the blood hints the gut’s immune response to COVID-19 infection may not provide sufficient whole-body immunity from the virus
Trans-kingdom imbalances in the gut microbes of newborns may increase the risk of asthma later in life, providing a possible target for treating the condition
COVID-19 patients who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop a more severe infection than patients of healthy weight, and they require oxygen and invasive mechanical ventilation more often.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborators at other institutions have discovered that POT1,…
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 — Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors recognized that patients who…
A new analysis of antibody and B cell responses in 44 people who received either…
The approach, with ,no side effects, was to treat obesity as an inflammatory disease
Nanomaterials strategically activate the immune system to fight inflammation as effectively as current standard therapeutics
Dana-Farber researchers find patients whose tumors have low aneuploidy levels often have better outcomes following treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors
New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the SARS-CoV-19 coronavirus.
CLEVELAND–A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University has discovered a formulation of existing…
Eczema, or atopic dermatitis (AD), is sometimes called “the itch that rashes.” Often, the itch begins before the rash appears, and, in many cases, the itchiness of the skin condition never really goes away.
Children and young adults who receive CAR T-cell therapy for the most common childhood cancer…
Pollen from trees, grasses and weeds are causing seasonal allergies for approximately one fifth of…
Results underscore need for urgent action to reduce air pollution, particularly in overburdened areas
The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS) and the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM)…
“SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV are highly similar genetically, generate a homologous repertoire of viral proteins, and…
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy…
The “litmus test” screening methods provide reliable and inexpensive alternatives in patient care settings.
Researchers have mapped the distribution of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in deceased patients with the disease, and shed new light on how viral load relates to tissue damage.
The first known study to measure SARS-CoV-2 viral load in a variety of organs and tissues may aid our understanding of how COVID-19 develops following infection
In vitro treatment of cells with these molecules reduced the expression of a gene that plays a key role in viral cell entry and a cytokine receptor.
Mount Sinai researchers have found that a widely available and inexpensive drug targeting inflammatory genes…
Newly-published “contact lens technologies of the future” paper reviews innovative uses for disease detection and therapy, drug delivery, vision enhancement and mor
The B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants of SARS-CoV-2 were first detected in the UK and South…
SPOKANE, Wash. – New research led by scientists at Washington State University has found that…
Researchers identify signatures of immune dysfunction that are shared in aging and chronic viral infections of HIV and Hepatitis C