Immune System News
May 9, 2025
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May 9, 2025 — Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient ...
May 8, 2025 — Why do cats generally live longer than dogs? New research suggests that longer lifespans of mammals like cats could be linked to their bigger brains and more complex immune ...
May 8, 2025 — A team of researchers has found new insight into why some lung cancer patients do not benefit from tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL therapy. Their findings may help improve future ways to deliver this cellular immunotherapy for metastatic ...
May 7, 2025 — A phase I study of a next-generation CAR T cell therapy showed a 52 percent complete remission rate for patients with relapsed/refractory ...
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May 7, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered a promising new way to enhance the effectiveness of vaccines by tapping into the potential of a specific type of immune ...
May 7, 2025 — Researchers identified a natural 'brake' within the innate immune system: the inhibitory receptor Siglec-E (SigE) and its human counterparts, Siglec-7 and Siglec-9. This receptor helps prevent ...
May 7, 2025 — A new strategy may help prevent or slow the progression of Type 1 ...
May 5, 2025 — Chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world's deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler, faster TB ...
May 1, 2025 — After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have shown in a new study how activity of 'good' microbes in the gut is linked to ...
May 1, 2025 — Cancer scientists engineer a new type of antibody which could be used to boost the immune systems of patients fighting ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Tackling HIV continues to be a major public health challenge, mainly because the persistence of viral reservoirs means that people living with HIV ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but mechanisms underlying these conditions are ...
May 2, 2025 — Researchers have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique to help the immune system fight advanced ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — The influenza virus manipulates the body's gene regulation system to accelerate its own spread. A new study also shows that an already approved drug could help strengthen immune defenses -- though ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 28, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a unique ability of a special subtype of natural killer cells in the immune system, called adaptive NK cells, to remember ovarian tumors and effectively attack them. The ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered why vaccines can elicit a stronger immune response if they are administered in the same ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — A new study has identified a specific mode of fat uptake by immune cells within tumors that serves as a metabolic checkpoint against anti-cancer immune ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, biomarkers, and functions -- an advance that could equip scientists with the ability to target and kill the ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — People with the hereditary disease familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) have a greatly increased risk of developing a malignant tumor of the duodenum. Researchers have now discovered a mechanism in ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — A new bone marrow imaging technique could change treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and musculoskeletal ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — 'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic itching, asthma and migraine are in many cases hard-to-treat conditions. They have in common that they are triggered by an excessive immune response -- which in ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to prevent the buildup of pathological tau after demonstrating that this vaccine generated a robust immune response in ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a critical, previously underappreciated role for B cells in vaccine protection. Best known for producing antibodies, B cells also guide other immune cells, specifically CD8 ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Scientists believe they know what causes the treated infection to mimic chronic illness: the body may be responding to remnants of the bacteria that causes Lyme that tend to pool in the liver and ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers have identified a potential new way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a deadly and currently incurable lung disease that affects more than 3 million people ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Older adults with cancer respond just as well as younger patients to immune checkpoint inhibitors despite age-related immune system differences, according to a new ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that kills more than a million people worldwide every year. The pathogen that causes the disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is deadly in part because of ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — A new way to deliver disease-fighting proteins throughout the brain may improve the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, according to scientists. By engineering ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — When the immune system does not function properly, individuals become more susceptible to infections caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. Researchers have demonstrated that an existing drug can ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood ...
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Natural Killer Cells Remember and Effectively Target Ovarian Cancer
- Left or Right Arm? New Research Reveals Why Vaccination Site Matters for Immune Response
- A Drug Dismantles a Metabolic Barrier to Anti-Tumor Immunity
Friday, April 25, 2025
- Are 'zombie' Skin Cells Harmful or Helpful? The Answer May Be in Their Shapes
- New Way to Prevent Duodenal Cancer
- Immune Cells Drive Congenital Paralysis Disease
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Scientists Develop New Bone Marrow Imaging Technique
- Blocking a Surprising Master Regulator of Immunity Eradicates Liver Tumors in Mice
- New Bioactive Compound for Difficult-to-Treat Allergies
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Clinical Trials to Test Vaccine Against Alzheimer's-Promoting Tau Protein
- B Cells Found to Be Crucial for Long-Term Vaccine Protection, New Study Shows
- Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Has No Cure: Could a Cancer Drug Hold the Answer?
- Empowering Antibodies to Better Activate the Immune System
Monday, April 21, 2025
- Older Adults Respond Well to Immunotherapy Despite Age-Related Immune System Differences
- A Light-Activated Probe Reveals TB Immune System Evasion Mechanisms
- Engineered Microglia Show Promise for Treating Alzheimer's and Other Brain Diseases
- Immune System Proteins Involved in Severe Parasitic Disease Identified
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Existing Drug Has Potential for Immune Paralysis
- Key Enzyme in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Immune System Aging
Monday, April 14, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Immune Protein Modification Blocks Viral Replication, Heart Inflammation
- New Phase of the Immune Response Uncovered
- Study Shows How New Antibody Therapy Works Against Ovarian Cancer
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- FDA Clears IND for Clinical Trial Testing Switchable CAR-T Therapy in Patients With Autoimmune Diseases, Without Chemotherapy
- Master Regulator Blocking Immunotherapy, Paving the Way for a New Lung Cancer Treatment
- Potential Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutic Target Identified in Brain Immune Cells
- Advanced Imaging Reveals Mechanisms That Cause Autoimmune Disease
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
- A Gentle Approach Offers New Hope for Inflammatory Lung Diseases
- Findings on T Cell Exhaustion: The Body Prepares Early for Mild to Severe Disease
- Molecules That Fight Infection Also Act on the Brain, Inducing Anxiety or Sociability
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Researchers Find Intestinal Immune Cell Prevents Food Allergies
- Estrogen and Progesterone Stimulate the Body to Make Opioids
- Western Diet Causes Inflammation, Traditional African Food Protects
- PEPITEM Sequence Shows Effects in Psoriasis, Comparable to Steroid Cream
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Combination Immunotherapy Shrank a Variety of Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancers
- An Immune Cell May Explain How Maternal Inflammation Causes Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Research Finds Potential 'molecular Mimics' Behind COVID-Induced Autoimmune Disease
- mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccines Train the 'long-Term Memory' Of the Immune System
- Preclinical Study: After Heart Attack, a Boost in Anti-Inflammatory Cells Promoted Healing
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Engineering Antibodies With a Novel Fusion Protein
- How Zika Virus Knocks out Our Immune Defenses
- Lupus-Related Antibody Shows Promise in Enhancing Cancer Treatment Efficacy
Friday, March 21, 2025
- Peacekeeper Cells Protect the Body from Autoimmunity During Infection
- Cellular Mechanisms That May Lead to Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Nursery of the Blood: How Stem Cells Calm the Body's Immune Response
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Classifying Childhood Brain Cancers by Immune Response May Improve Diagnostics and Treatments
- New Mechanism Behind Adaptive Immunity Revealed: It Could Impact How We Design Vaccines
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Vaccine May Improve Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes
- Researchers Find Missing Link in Autoimmune Disorder
Monday, March 17, 2025
- New Strategy to Reduce Tissue Damage from Flesh-Eating Bacteria
- Scientists Gain Insight Into RNA-Editing Protein That Could Lead to Improved Treatment for Cancer, Autoimmune Diseases
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Cellular Circuit Controls How DNA Damage Is Repaired, Affecting Risk of Disease as We Age
- Researchers Develop Method to Identify Dormant Cells That Carry HIV
- Focus on the Gut-Liver Axis: Semisynthetic Bile Acid Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects on the Gut
- Antigenic Variation: Decoding the Mechanism Controlling Antigen Activation in Trypanosomes
- The Relationship Between Gut Microbiota, Immunoglobulin A, and Vaccine Efficacy
- New Immunotherapy Strategy for Enhancing Melanoma Treatment
- New Antibody Reduces Tumor Growth in Treatment-Resistant Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Specialized Blood Vessels and Nitric Oxide Found to Be Key to Stem Cell Survival and Immune Evasion
- Promising Active Ingredient for Lupus Therapy
- Cause of Post-COVID Inflammatory Shock in Children Identified
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Early-Life Gut Microbes May Protect Against Diabetes, Research in Mice Suggests
- Alzheimer's Treatment May Lie in the Brain's Own Cleanup Crew
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- When You Get Hurt Matters: Circadian Rhythms Affect Muscle Repair
- TB Vaccine Candidate Provides 'elite' Protection
- Possible Biomarker Identified for Crohn's Disease With Arthritis Type
- Scientists Discover How Aspirin Could Prevent Some Cancers from Spreading
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Cold Sore Discovery IDs Unknown Trigger for Those Annoying Flare-Ups
- Promising Target in Brain Cancer
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood
- New 4D Brain Map Reveals Potential Early Warning Signs of Multiple Sclerosis
- Innate Immune Training Aggravates Inflammatory Bone Loss
- Nasal Spray Shows Preclinical Promise for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury
- Breakthrough Study Discovers Genetic Mutation Could Be Basis for Novel Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Why Brain Cancer Is Often Resistant to Immunotherapy
- Bacteria Consumed by Immune Cells Become Part of the Cell
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Immune Cells May Lead to More Parkinson's Cases in Men
- Researchers Develop Antibody-Toxin Conjugate
- Atherosclerosis: How Immune Cells Migrate Into Plaques
- Switching Between Defense and Attack -- Immune Cells With Dual Role
- New Insights Into How Gut Cells Respond to Bacterial Toxins
Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Pulmonary Fibrosis: Study Targets Proteins to Reverse Lung Scarring
- Stopping Asthma in Its Tracks
- Scientists Identify a New Cancer Immunotherapy Target: Dysfunctional B Cells
- Jumbled Proteins Paint a Bold Target on the Backs of Brain Tumors