Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered how herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virus that causes cold sores, can fundamentally change how the brain’s immune cells respond to infection, revealing a potentially important …
When immunity works well, the body steers clear of infection and disease. However, when the immune system goes awry, healthy cells can often end up in the firing line. This can occur in autoimmune diseases like anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANC…
A large-scale study, presented at UEG Week 2026, has identified distinct antibody patterns up to 10 years before the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), potentially opening new avenues for earlier risk detection and providing insights into f…
Tumors possess myriad mechanisms to ensure their survival even at the peril of the host. Now scientists are delving deeper into how cancer cells alter the metabolism of specific amino acids to support the malignancy’s growth while simultaneously evadin…
New UVA Health Children’s asthma research could improve care for children—especially Black children—with severe symptoms that require targeted treatment.
Researchers have uncovered a previously overlooked immune cell that can recognize and kill small cell lung cancer, the most aggressive form of the disease globally. Published in Cancer Cell, the WEHI study found patients with higher levels of these cel…
Heart failure (HF) is a condition in which the heart is not able to pump blood effectively. However, its effects go beyond pumping and circulation. HF is also known to cause a lasting form of innate immune memory in stem cells that synthesize blood and…
A team led by Harvard Medical School researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has developed a faster way to identify and engineer cancer-fighting therapies.
Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center used a CRISPR screen to identify a key molecular pathway that drives exhaustion in cancer-fighting immune cells, limiting their ability to keep tumors under control.
Exposure to nicotine during pregnancy and shortly after birth can have a lasting impact on a child’s immune system and cause more severe respiratory infections later in life, a new study from researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows.
