Nanoparticles “hitchhike” on immune cells to detect cancer metastases early
The Chung lab has developed a nanoparticle capable of hitching a ride on immune cells and traveling to lymph nodes. ...
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Immune genes are altered in the blood of Alzheimer’s patients
Credit: Neuron (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.01.013 A new study from Northwestern Medicine has found that the immune system in the blood ...
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variant JN.1 raises concerns about increased transmissibility and immune evasion
Japanese researchers found that JN.1 can spread more than some widespread variants like BA.2.86.1 and HK.3, potentially making it the ...
Stress influences the brain and psyche via the immune system
Credit: CC0 Public domain Chronic stress has considerable consequences on our body. For example, many stress-related psychiatric illnesses, such as ...
A neuronal mechanism that could be at the origin of immune regulation mediated by fasting
Model of neuronal regulation of the immune system during fasting. Orexigenic ACVLM neurons are activated during fasting, the activation of ...
COVID-19 Researchers Discover Hidden Pathway of Natural Immune Defense
Credit: Journal of Proteome Research (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00654 An international cohort of scientists working on COVID-19 has discovered a hidden ...
Best of the past week: Newborn great white shark, Avocado the robot, diets that can impair the immune system
A newborn great white, filmed off the California coast, near Santa Barbara. Credit: Carlos Gauna/The Malibu Artist It was a ...
It’s the immune response, not acute viral infections, that causes neurological damage, researchers find
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain For years, it has long been believed that acute viral infections like Zika or COVID-19 are ...
Gene editing precisely repairs immune cells
Mutated T cells are unable to kill B cells (red) induced by the Epstein-Barr virus. This causes other immune cells ...
Immune cells lose their ‘killer instinct’ in cancer tumors, but their functionality can be reawakened
Evidence of dysfunctional NK cells in human CRC was sought through bioinformatics analysis of publicly available datasets as well as ...
