Researchers have developed a new mouse model to study SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease and to accelerate testing of novel treatments and vaccines against the novel coronavirus. The study also suggests that, rather than protecting the lungs, key antivir…
The wrong track: How papillomaviruses trick the immune system
Specific antibodies protect us against viral infections – or do they not? Researchers studied the immune response to papillomaviruses in mice and discovered a hitherto unknown mechanism by which the pathogens outwit the immune system: At the beginning …
Assembly within the tumor center
Number of macrophages in tumor tissue enables prognosis of lung tumor progression.
Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2
A new study shows that memory helper T cells that recognize common cold coronaviruses also recognize matching sites on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.