What Species Fights Infection More Effectively, a Mouse or an Elephant?
Hamilton College researcher reveals body size shapes mammal immune defenses. What species is better at fighting an infection, a mouse or an elephant? Body size…
Immune Cells
A Powerful New Tool for Studying Complex Biological Events
A new method for monitoring interactions between cells, dubbed LIPSTIC by its creators, is much more than a cosmetic improvement over existing techniques. The breakthrough,…
CyTOF Gives Researchers Greater Insight into the Intricacies of Immune Cells
Researchers from Yale University are using CyTOF, which stands for cytometry by time-of-flight, to explore mysteries of the immune system. Why do some individuals infected…
New Device Allows Scientists to Watch How Cells Interact
MIT engineers have developed a new device that allows scientists to observe communication between immune cells. The immune system is a complex network of many…
Microgravity Mimics Aging in Immune Cells
Changes in T-cell behavior quickly occur in space, allowing researchers to more effectively study genetic and molecular changes associated with aging-related immune suppression. Telling someone…
A2A Adenosine Receptor May Be a Key to Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
A newly published study from researchers at Cornell University shows how the A2A adenosine receptor expressed on blood-brain barrier cells acts as a gateway, allowing…
Immune System Inflammation Triggers Macrophages in ALS Patients
While working with patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, researchers at UCLA found that inflammation instigated by the immune system in ALS can trigger macrophages to…
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…
Researchers Track Development of T-cells in Living Zebrafish Embryos
For the first time ever, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have observed the maturation of immune cells in…
Researchers Identify Genetic Mutation While Studying Cold Urticarial
While studying people that suffer from cold urticarial, researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered a genetic mutation in the gene for phospholipase C-gamma2…