The virus that causes COVID-19 has been very good at mutating to keep infecting people—so good that most antibody treatments developed during the pandemic are no longer effective. Now a team led by Stanford University researchers may have found a way t…
Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the metastasis of some cancers by stimulating the immune system. In the study, published in Nature, the scientists say that discovering the mechanism will support ongoing clinical …
A review in Clinical & Experimental Allergy concludes that exposing young children to small amounts of foods that they’re allergic to is safer than avoiding the foods altogether, which could be very dangerous if accidental exposure occurs.
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have made an important discovery that could help doctors choose better treatments for patients with recurrent endometrial cancer. Their study, published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Canc…
In the 1980s, when Stella Kourembanas, MD, began her career in neonatology, she cared for newborns with pulmonary hypertension, a disease that results in abnormally high blood pressure in the lung arteries and can lead to heart failure. Since then, tre…
A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response, a white blood cell arrives at the scene. This cell encircles the pathogen with i…
A new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that an immunotherapy previously shown to be ineffective against prostate cancer may have therapeutic potential when combined with a synergistic treatment approach. The paper was pu…
A groundbreaking consensus report on anaphylaxis—the severe reaction some people experience from bee stings, peanut butter exposures, medications, and the like—has been released by the Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network (GA2LEN) and recently …
Although there are tumor suppressor genes in normal cells to prevent cancer, gene mutations can cause a normal cell to become a cancerous one. Among those genes, TP53 (encoding the p53 protein) has been identified as the most frequently mutated gene th…
Research into immunotherapy against cancer typically focuses on better recognition of cancer cells by the body’s own immune system. Researchers at Amsterdam UMC and Moffitt Cancer Center have taken a different approach.
