Redefining Brain Function: Physicists Overturn Long-Standing Assumptions
Recent research suggests that a number of neuronal characteristics, traditionally believed to stem from the cell body or soma, may actually originate from processes in…
Dendritic Cell News
New Study: Immune Cells Move More Independently Than Previously Thought
Immune cells demonstrate a higher level of self-directed mobility than previously recognized. Jonna Alanko, a researcher with InFLAMES, has unveiled that these cells are not…
Blood Vessels As Guides: How Dendritic Cells of the Immune System Form 3D Networks
Researchers have discovered how short-lived dendritic cells of the immune system form three-dimensional networks, using blood vessels as guides. These networks, regulated by local cytokines,…
New Method Allows Scientists To View Cell Secretion in Unprecedented Detail
Researchers have created a new assay to detect cellular protein secretion. Washington University researchers have developed the FluoroDOT assay, a revolutionary protein visualization technique that…
Yale Neurologists Discover the Source of Diabetic Neuropathy Pain
Yale researchers have identified the source of neuropathic pain that many diabetics suffer from and believe they may be able to target it. While working…
NOD2 Pathway Helps Activate T Cells
Researchers now have a better understanding of how dendritic cells address specific types of infections. By using a protein called NOD2, the scientists were able…
“Loaded” Dendritic Cells Tested on HIV Volunteers
Researchers at Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital and Antwerp University have begun the testing of a new ‘therapeutic vaccine’ against HIV on…
RPCI Facility Begins Research Study of a Dendritic Cell Vaccine
A groundbreaking dendritic cell vaccine study is underway at the Center for Immunotherapy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Researchers at RCPI began a phase 1…