#Immune

When viruses invade a plant, you might expect an all-out immune war. But new research published in Science shows that, much like in humans, too strong an immune response can actually do more harm than good.

From Ars Technica: Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how

Scientists are supercharging patients' own immune cells to try to fight HIV without today's drugs

Scientists are supercharging patients' own immune cells to try to fight HIV without today's drugs.

A study of a few patients, to be presented this week, showed promise for a type of therapy that has already cured some blood cancers.

Early trial data from Memorial Sloan Kettering suggests a personalised mRNA therapy can dramatically improve outcomes for some patients and extend lifespans.

T cells, which target infection and disease, can become more effective after a meal. The finding might help improve cancer-fighting therapies and optimize our response to vaccines

It’s not just your imagination; getting ill on vacation is actually relatively common.

Most of the umbilical cord blood collected at birth is discarded. The tissue is clamped, cut, and disposed of as medical waste, along with the stem cells it contains, cells that are immunologically naive, genetically diverse, and capable of being…

Each animal species has an optimal temperature at which it can metabolize food and its immune system can best fight off pathogens.

RNA technology is regarded as one of the newest frontiers in medicine, but in fact a primordial innovator got there way before we did. The malaria parasite, an ancient single-celled organism, has been using sophisticated RNA maneuvers for millennia.…

At WIRED Health, immunologist Daniel Davis detailed the ways in which new technologies are enabling a better understanding of the human immune system.

The body’s “killer” T cells don’t just attack—they strike with astonishing precision, forming a tiny, highly organized contact zone that lets them destroy dangerous cells without harming their neighbors.…

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the leading cause of kidney failure, is marked by clinical and molecular heterogeneity, making therapeutic development exceedingly difficult1.…

Infection-fighting T cells from people who have eaten recently can proliferate more quickly in response to threats. Infection-fighting T cells from people who have eaten recently can proliferate more quickly in response to threats.

From Reddit - r/health: What you eat for lunch could influence your immune system just hours later

The Munich techbio company is developing a live bacterial product designed to enhance immune checkpoint inhibitor response in advanced melanoma, with a Phase 1B study planned for 2027 mbiomics GmbH, a Munich-based techbio company developing…

Cancer treatment has undergone a revolutionary transformation in recent years, with immunotherapy...

A revolutionary cancer treatment is now being applied to a wide range of autoimmune disorders. Columnist Michael Le Page finds it is proving to be even more effective than expected

Tel Aviv University research on mice, with implications for humans, finds artificial lighting from sources as common as streetlights disrupts mammalian immune system's natural sense of time