The expression of the immune response gene NLRC5 (red purple) is suppressed in SARS-CoV-2 (green) infected cells. Credit: Koichi Kobayashi Scientists at Hokkaido UniversityFounded in…
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A combination of vaccination and naturally acquired infection appears to boost the production of maximally potent antibodies against the COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan,…
The expression of the immune response gene ??NLRC5 (red purple) is suppressed in SARS-CoV-2 (green) infected cells. Credit: Koichi Kobayashi A discovery by researchers at…
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Associate Professor Camila dos Santos’ lab discovered that after pregnancy, breast cells call in specialized immune cells called Natural Killer T…
MIT researchers have identified a specialized subset of dendritic cells that help stimulate T cells to attack tumors. In this image, the blue represents a…
Xu Yu, MD, Physician investigator, Massachusetts General Hospital This second untreated person living with HIV showed no evidence of intact HIV genomes in more than…
The migration of dendritic cells from the skin into lymphatic vessels depends on the time of day. Mouse dendritic cells (green) migrating into the lymphatic…
MIT researchers have discovered a new way to jump-start the immune system to attack tumors, which could allow cancer immunotherapy to be used against more…
Proteins designed to focus immune attack on HIV-infected cells. Armed with a novel strategy they developed for bolstering the body’s immune response, scientists at Albert…
The number of people vaccinated once (yellow) and twice (green) under the prime first and prime boost scenarios. Prime first vaccinates double the number of…
People who had received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease…
Strong antibody response to mRNA vaccines declined over an eight-month follow-up period; lower initial response to single-shot Ad26 vaccine remained stable over time, research shows.…
Study is the first to demonstrate cross-protective immunity by vaccines. Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown for the first time that coronavirus vaccines and prior coronavirus…
New research reveals microglia, immune cells in the brain, are critical “support staff,” tending the vessels and even regulating blood flow. University of Virginia School…
The COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).…
Credit: University of Cambridge Scientists discover how T cell assassins reload their weapons to kill and kill again. Cambridge researchers have discovered how T cells…
Cartoon image of antibody and COVID. Credit: Michigan Medicine The antibodies’ ability to neutralize COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…
Researchers at the University of Southampton and biopharma company UCB have found a way to enhance the natural ability of therapeutic antibodies to attack blood…
Throughout the COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
A microscopic image of a normal mouse small intestine. Cells stained red express normal amounts of cell-surface tags (MHC-II) needed by immune cells to find…