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A newborn great white, filmed off the California coast, near Santa Barbara. Credit: Carlos Gauna/The Malibu Artist It was a ...
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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 ...
Switching to a vegan or ketogenic diet has a rapid impact on the immune system, study finds
Schematic of the experimental setup. Twenty participants were divided into two groups (first group: 4 women (pink), 6 men (blue); ...
Evolutionary origin of mysterious human immune system molecule revealed
The joining chain shares three features with the CXCL chemokine genes, including the same number of exons, which encode the ...
New technology makes it easier for the immune system to detect and destroy cancer
Compared to untreated cancer, the TRED-I system significantly reduced cancer size in mouse models. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy ...
Stem cell study shows how gene activity modulates amount of immune cell production in mice
Credit: CC0 Public domain As people age or become ill, their immune systems may become exhausted and less able to ...
Research team identifies ‘protective switches’ in SARS-CoV-2 protein that defend against immune system
Atomic structure of the main protease of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus showing the newly discovered chemical protection switches SONOS (left magnifying ...
Immune cells cause sex reversal in zebrafish, a discovery that could improve treatments for female infertility
Loss of Chek2 suppresses oocyte death and sex reversal in the absence of Bmp15. (A) Sex ratios of adults of ...
