Allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs), a potentially life-threatening side effect of blood transfusions with unclear mechanisms, may be linked to food allergies in pediatric patients as per a recent study by scientists from Japan. They found that ATRs …
Tricks played by certain disease-driving gut bacteria might help explain differences in how patients experience Crohn’s disease (CD)—a severe and painful chronic inflammatory bowel disease. A new study by researchers from DTU and 3 European universitie…
Targeting two brain tumor-associated proteins—rather than one—with CAR T cell therapy shows promise as a strategy for reducing solid tumor growth in patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer, according to early resu…
The chikungunya virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and responsible for more than 900 deaths in Brazil since it arrived around ten years ago, is capable of spreading through the blood, reaching multiple organs and crossi…
Studies of interactions between two lab-generated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and an essential Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) protein have uncovered targets that could be exploited in designing treatments and vaccines for this extremely common virus. The re…
A study might open the door to earlier diagnosis and a potential pathway toward slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have discovered a special receptor on immune cells that can effectively bind and neutralize harmful “beta protei…
The popularity of vegan diets continues to increase around the world. Indeed, in 2023, the vegan food market grew to more than US$27 billion.
A new study has investigated the mechanisms by which the receptor TREM2 affects atherosclerosis and a possible therapeutic approach using an agonistic TREM2 antibody.
Discovery of a DNA shift in the innate immune memory of cells may aid in the fight against one of humans’ most deadly foes—sepsis.
A recent University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences uncovers a critical pathway involved in immune evasion by breast cancer cells.
