Immune System News
April 21, 2025
Top Headlines
Apr. 18, 2025 — New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — When the immune system does not function properly, individuals become more susceptible to infections caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. Researchers have demonstrated that an existing drug can revive immune cells that are not functioning ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Research has shed light on how a new type of antibody treatment reactivates patients' immune cells to fight ovarian ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — A team has identified a previously unknown phase of the immune response. The results challenge long-standing assumptions about the process called 'T-cell priming'. These new insights have significant implications for the development of vaccines and ...
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Apr. 14, 2025 — A new study has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins. Called 'tolerogenic dendritic cells,' these cells enable ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Virology researchers have found that a specific protein modification to the immune protein MDA5 is key to how our bodies detect and respond to viruses and viral replication. The publication explains ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — Researchers have found that tapping into the body's own immune system and activating a type of immune cell known as B cells, could be the key to boosting the effectiveness of tumor-infiltrating ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A major trial of a promising gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has fallen short, but researchers say the lessons learned could pave the ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — FDA has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application to study switchable chimeric antigen receptor T cell (sCAR-T) therapy (CLBR001 + ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Those who suffer myasthenia gravis experience muscle weakness that can affect the muscles we use to blink, smile and move our bodies. Researchers used a cutting-edge imaging technique to uncover new ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that 'DEAD-box helicases 54 (DDX54)', a type of RNA-binding protein, is the master regulator that hinders the ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its role in ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Scientists find the protein IL-17 that fights infection also acts on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability. This adds to evidence that immune ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study has found. This stops pain signals before they get to the brain. The discovery could help ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 7, 2025 — Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a lung disease characterized by granulomas -- tiny clumps of immune cells that form in response to inflammation. It's the most inflammatory of the interstitial lung ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Even in the case of uncomplicated infections, the body prepares itself early on for the possibility of a more severe course. A research team has now uncovered this mechanism. The scientists showed ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A novel cell therapy approach using cord blood-derived natural killer (NK) cells pre-complexed with AFM13, or acimtamig, a CD30/CD16A bispecific antibody, was safe and generated strong response rates ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases. ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Scientists have shown that a sequence of just three amino acids may reduce the severity of psoriasis, when applied topically in an emollient ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — A new form of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, a form of personalized cancer immunotherapy, dramatically improved the treatment's effectiveness in patients with metastatic ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — A research group has uncovered a potential mechanism linking maternal inflammation to delayed neurodevelopment in infants. The research suggests the role of CD11c-positive microglia -- immune cells ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Researchers show that the immune system can recognize and control the latent stage of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, a finding that can inform the study of latency in other infections of the nervous ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers reveal critical mechanism behind idiopathic pulmonary ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Scientists used advanced data analysis and machine learning to identify the viral proteins that may trigger autoimmune disorders such as type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines have a persistent effect on the innate immune system. These mechanisms may help the human body to better protect itself against potential ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A scientific technique that rapidly increases the body's production of anti-inflammatory cells promoted healing from heart attacks in mice, according to a new study. Once adapted to treat ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Even with significant expansion in the global market for antibodies used in clinical care and research, scientists recognize that there is still untapped potential for finding new antibodies. Many ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a promising way to trigger immune responses against certain tumors, using a lupus-related antibody that can slip, undetected, into 'cold' tumors and flip on an ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better understanding of immune ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — New study shows that dysfunction of protective immune cells in GI tract may contribute to onset of inflammation in Crohn's ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Advances in the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 over the past 15 years have yielded important new insights into the roles that specific genes play in many diseases. But to date this ...
Monday, April 7, 2025
- A Gentle Approach Offers New Hope for Inflammatory Lung Diseases
- Findings on T Cell Exhaustion: The Body Prepares Early for Mild to Severe Disease
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Researchers Find Intestinal Immune Cell Prevents Food Allergies
- Western Diet Causes Inflammation, Traditional African Food Protects
- PEPITEM Sequence Shows Effects in Psoriasis, Comparable to Steroid Cream
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Combination Immunotherapy Shrank a Variety of Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancers
- An Immune Cell May Explain How Maternal Inflammation Causes Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Research Finds Potential 'molecular Mimics' Behind COVID-Induced Autoimmune Disease
- mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccines Train the 'long-Term Memory' Of the Immune System
- Preclinical Study: After Heart Attack, a Boost in Anti-Inflammatory Cells Promoted Healing
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Engineering Antibodies With a Novel Fusion Protein
- How Zika Virus Knocks out Our Immune Defenses
- Lupus-Related Antibody Shows Promise in Enhancing Cancer Treatment Efficacy
Friday, March 21, 2025
- Peacekeeper Cells Protect the Body from Autoimmunity During Infection
- Cellular Mechanisms That May Lead to Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Nursery of the Blood: How Stem Cells Calm the Body's Immune Response
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Classifying Childhood Brain Cancers by Immune Response May Improve Diagnostics and Treatments
- New Mechanism Behind Adaptive Immunity Revealed: It Could Impact How We Design Vaccines
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Vaccine May Improve Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes
- Researchers Find Missing Link in Autoimmune Disorder
Monday, March 17, 2025
- New Strategy to Reduce Tissue Damage from Flesh-Eating Bacteria
- Scientists Gain Insight Into RNA-Editing Protein That Could Lead to Improved Treatment for Cancer, Autoimmune Diseases
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Cellular Circuit Controls How DNA Damage Is Repaired, Affecting Risk of Disease as We Age
- Researchers Develop Method to Identify Dormant Cells That Carry HIV
- Focus on the Gut-Liver Axis: Semisynthetic Bile Acid Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects on the Gut
- Antigenic Variation: Decoding the Mechanism Controlling Antigen Activation in Trypanosomes
- The Relationship Between Gut Microbiota, Immunoglobulin A, and Vaccine Efficacy
- New Immunotherapy Strategy for Enhancing Melanoma Treatment
- New Antibody Reduces Tumor Growth in Treatment-Resistant Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Specialized Blood Vessels and Nitric Oxide Found to Be Key to Stem Cell Survival and Immune Evasion
- Promising Active Ingredient for Lupus Therapy
- Cause of Post-COVID Inflammatory Shock in Children Identified
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Early-Life Gut Microbes May Protect Against Diabetes, Research in Mice Suggests
- Alzheimer's Treatment May Lie in the Brain's Own Cleanup Crew
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- When You Get Hurt Matters: Circadian Rhythms Affect Muscle Repair
- TB Vaccine Candidate Provides 'elite' Protection
- Possible Biomarker Identified for Crohn's Disease With Arthritis Type
- Scientists Discover How Aspirin Could Prevent Some Cancers from Spreading
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Cold Sore Discovery IDs Unknown Trigger for Those Annoying Flare-Ups
- Promising Target in Brain Cancer
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood
- New 4D Brain Map Reveals Potential Early Warning Signs of Multiple Sclerosis
- Innate Immune Training Aggravates Inflammatory Bone Loss
- Nasal Spray Shows Preclinical Promise for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury
- Breakthrough Study Discovers Genetic Mutation Could Be Basis for Novel Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Why Brain Cancer Is Often Resistant to Immunotherapy
- Bacteria Consumed by Immune Cells Become Part of the Cell
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Immune Cells May Lead to More Parkinson's Cases in Men
- Researchers Develop Antibody-Toxin Conjugate
- Atherosclerosis: How Immune Cells Migrate Into Plaques
- Switching Between Defense and Attack -- Immune Cells With Dual Role
- New Insights Into How Gut Cells Respond to Bacterial Toxins
Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Pulmonary Fibrosis: Study Targets Proteins to Reverse Lung Scarring
- Stopping Asthma in Its Tracks
- Scientists Identify a New Cancer Immunotherapy Target: Dysfunctional B Cells
- Jumbled Proteins Paint a Bold Target on the Backs of Brain Tumors
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Multiple Sclerosis: Cell-Catching Implant Helps Identify Successful Treatment in Mice
- A Treatment-Resistant, Severe Type of Asthma Successfully Modeled in Mice
- New Tool Reveals Disruption of Immune Cells in Blood Is Linked to Cancer Outcomes
Thursday, February 13, 2025
- An Enzyme to Disarm Tumors
- Fungus 'hacks' Natural Immune System Causing Neurodegeneration in Fruit Flies
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- New Immune-Probing Technique Could Boost Treatment Discovery
- Ovarian Cancer Discovery Could Turn Failed Treatment Into Lifesaver
- Scientists Discover Gene-to-Gene Interaction Increasing Risk of Alopecia
- Innovative Dual-Target Drug May Lead to New Investigational Approach for Breast Cancer Patients
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- How Cancer Cells Trick the Immune System by Altering Mitochondria
- Born to Heal: Why Babies Recover, but Adults Scar, After Heart Damage
Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
- An Unexpected Mechanism Regulates the Immune Response During Parasitic Infections
- Pancreatic Cancer Immune Map Provides Clues for Precision Treatment Targeting
- Gene Modification Could Improve Cancer Treatment's Success Rate
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Cystic Fibrosis Damages the Immune System Early on
- Major Driver of Inflammatory Pathology in Autoimmune and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
- Selenoproteins: The Fountain of Youth?
- Computer Model Helps Identify Cancer-Fighting Immune Cells Key to Immunotherapy
Friday, January 31, 2025
- New Research Unlocks Key to Long-Lasting Immune Response in Cancer and Chronic Diseases
- New Study Identifies Key Protein's Role in Psoriasis
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- T Cells Rise Up to Fight Infections in the Gut
- PET Probe Images Inflammation With High Sensitivity and Selectivity
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Human Papillomavirus Infection Kinetics Revealed in New Longitudinal Study
- Study of Deadly Dog Cancer Reveals New Clues for Improved Treatment
- Researchers Identify Key Protein to Potentially Halt Autoimmune Diseases and Allergies