The immune system has many roles. It doesn’t just destroy invading pathogens, but also hunts and kills potentially harmful cells, such as those that have become senescent or potentially cancerous. Further, immune cells are intricately involved in the processes of tissue maintenance. Regeneration from injury is a complicated dance of signals and changed states carried out between stem cells, immune cells,...
by Elisa Black, University of Adelaide Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A world leading research collaboration between SAHMRI, the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and the Royal Adelaide Hospital has delivered crucial insight into the lasting immune system dysregulation caused by COVID-19. The study showed that people’s immune systems were significantly altered...
By Rich Haridy July 11, 2021 Immune T cells sometimes display signs of “exhaustion” becoming less effective at doing their job, but new research may have found a way to wake those tired immune cells up and get them back to workfrenta/Depositphotos An impressive new study from a team of Australian researchers has identified the...
Medical researchers at LMU have uncovered how signal proteins of the immune system regulate the development of atherosclerosis. Image credit: Pixabay (Free Pixabay license) Atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes of death in Germany. The condition is characterized by the build-up of cholesterol and other fatty metabolites in the arterial wall directly below the endothelial...
By Rich Haridy July 11, 2021 Immune T cells sometimes display signs of “exhaustion” becoming less effective at doing their job, but new research may have found a way to wake those tired immune cells up and get them back to workfrenta/Depositphotos An impressive new study from a team of Australian researchers has identified the...
STANFORD MEDICINE You’re as old as your immune system. Investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have built an inflammatory-aging clock that’s more accurate than the number of candles on your birthday cake in predicting how strong your immune system is, how soon you’ll become frail or whether...
by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Hongbo Chi, Ph.D., of the St. Jude Department of Immunology, identified a biological pathway that selectively controls how key immune cells mature into functional components of the immune system. Credit: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Immunologists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have identified a biological pathway that selectively controls how key immune cells, called T...
A recent study finds further evidence of links between fibromyalgia and the immune system. Yoshiyoshi Hirokawa/Getty Images There are currently no effective treatments for fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that causes widespread pain, sleep problems, fatigue, and emotional distress. The underlying cause has remained a mystery, although some research has hinted at the involvement of the...
JUNE 21ST, 2021 CONN HASTINGS Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a nanodecoy system that provides binding sites for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vesicles help to prevent the virus from binding to lung cells and lead to its eventual destruction by the immune system. The nanodecoys are derived from lung spheroid cells and contain...
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: A TEAM LED BY MIT RESEARCHERS HAS SYSTEMATICALLY ANALYZED HOW VARYING THE SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY FOUND ON SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS INFLUENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS SCARRING, INFLAMMATION, AND A RARE TYPE OF LYMPHOMA. CREDIT: FELICE FRANKEL CAMBRIDGE, MA — Every year, about 400,000 people receive silicone breast implants...
