Researchers have discovered that Toxoplasma parasites lay dormant and undetected inside neurons (brain cells) and muscle cells by releasing proteins that switch off the cells’ ability to alert the immune system.
New research moves closer to harnessing viruses to fight bacteria and reduce antibiotic use
A new study has cast new light on how to best combine antibiotics and phage therapy. Researchers conducted laboratory experiments on Pseudomonas aeruginosa a bacterium which causes disease in immunocompromised and cystic fibrosis patients. They exposed…
Breakthrough infections generate ‘super immunity’ to COVID-19, study suggests
Breakthrough infections greatly enhance immune response to variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research. The study is the first to use live SARS-CoV-2 variants to measure cross-neutralization of blood serum from breakthrough ca…
Nanoparticle therapeutic enhances cancer immunotherapy
Researchers have discovered that a nanoparticle therapeutic enhances cancer immunotherapy and is a possible new approach in treating malignant pleural effusion (MPE). MPE is the accumulation of fluid between the chest wall and lungs and is accompanied …
New potential treatment for graft-versus-host-disease and other inflammatory disorders
Researchers have shown that blocking IL-6 and TNF cytokines provides a more effective approach to preventing life-threatening graft-versus-host-disease, an inflammatory condition that develops in patients after their allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell …
New study reveals how epithelial cells in the body naturally eliminate ‘precancerous’ ones
Normal epithelial cells show the ability to push out precancerous ones present in the epithelium, by means of ‘cell competition.’ But the exact molecular mechanism of this recognition by normal epithelial cells was unknown. Now, researchers have unrave…
Immune system responds to mRNA treatment for cancer, researchers find
Adding messenger RNA, or mRNA therapy improves the response to cancer immunotherapy in patients who weren’t responding to the treatment, new research shows. Immunotherapy uses the body’s immune system to prevent, control and eliminate cancer.
Scientists find new details about how immune system builds long-term memory
Experts in Japan have identified a fundamental part of the immune system’s long-term memory, providing a useful new detail in the pursuit to design better vaccines for diseases, ranging from COVID-19 to malaria.
For children, young adults with recurrent AML, immunotherapy shows promise
Researchers have shown, in a small clinical trial, that an immunotherapy harnessing pre-activated natural killer cells can help some children and young adults with recurrent AML and few other treatment options.
Boosting anti-cancer action by driving up immunity at tumor site
Driving up the immune response at the site of a cancer tumor with nanotechnology may help enhance immunotherapy treatments in advanced stages of the disease, new research in mice suggests.