JOSEP CARRERAS LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: DR. GRÉGROIRE STIK, GROUP LEADER AT THE JOSEP CARRERAS LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CREDIT: PICTURE FROM THE JOSEP CARRERAS LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE The immune system is one of the most complex parts of our body. It keeps us healthy by getting rid of parasites, viruses or bacteria, and by destroying damaged or cancer cells....
by Hackensack Meridian Health Credit: CC0 Public Domain A key transcription factor in T-cell immunology is crucial to the immune system’s “memory” in recognizing threats it has already faced before—and it may be possible to improve this immunological memory in vaccines, according to a new paper by scientists at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery...
Age is a key risk factor associated with the severity of symptoms caused by SARS-CoV-2, and there is an urgent need to reduce COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in elderly individuals. We discuss evidence suggesting that trained immunity elicited by BCG vaccination may improve immune responses and can serve as a strategy to combat COVID-19 in...
by Monash University Associate Professor Menno van Zelm in his laboratory at Monash University. Credit: Monash University Australian researchers have revealed—for the first time—that people who have been infected with the COVID-19 virus have immune memory to protect against reinfection for at least eight months. The research is the strongest evidence for the likelihood that vaccines...
