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New ‘dictionary’ of immune responses reveals far more complexity in the immune system than previously thought
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New ‘dictionary’ of immune responses reveals far more complexity in the immune system than previously thought

by Allessandra DiCorato, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Cytokine production map by cell type. Credit: Nature (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06816-9 The immune system can carry out many biological processes, from killing viruses to fighting cancer, thanks in large part to approximately 100 key cell-signaling proteins called cytokines, which instruct immune cells what to do. Cytokines are...

Unraveling the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases
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Unraveling the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases

by Baylor College of Medicine Chemical structure of vitamin B12. Credit: Wikipedia A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions has shed new light into the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases. The scientists studied two rare inherited vitamin B12 conditions that affect the same gene but are clinically distinct from the...