According to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente, COVID-19 patients who receive prompt treatment with Paxlovid have a significantly reduced risk of hospitalization and death….
Experts call for adapting policies to accommodate evolving circumstances. According to healthcare epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists from various healthcare systems across Boston and beyond,…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical professionals and researchers observed that children and teenagers who contracted the virus exhibited milder symptoms compared to adults. This phenomenon…
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, scientists have been exploring the development of mucosal vaccines that can be delivered through the nasal route. Recently, researchers in…
Ticks have the ability to detect a cytokine from infected mammalian blood, triggering a defense mechanism against bacteria that cause Lyme disease. A team of…
The human genome contains regions that “code” for proteins, which means they have instructions to make protein molecules with specific functions in the body. But…
Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found a potential new pathway to regulate immune response and potentially control inflammatory diseases of the…
In the search for obesity treatments, scientists recently zeroed in on a gene known as Nucleobindin-2 (Nucb2), which was believed to play a role in…
Yale researchers have developed a set of synthetic molecules that may help boost the strength of a key, virus-fighting protein. The protein, RIG-I, is an…
A new study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that the mixing of archaic human forms played an important role in shaping the immune system…
New research from Yale University shows that the protein known as Nlrp6 plays a key role in the overall immune response that provides immediate defense…
This short video details why memory T cells are critical for long-term immunity. Yale associate professor of immunology Susan Kaech describes new mechanisms that underlie…
It turns out that mucus may not be just a messy side effect of colds and sickness. Biological engineers at MIT are exploring the antiviral…
New findings are set to challenge the understanding of immune defense. In a recently published journal, researchers studied the response of mice to neurotropic vesicular…
According to Dr. Damian Dowling of Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences and Professor Leigh Simmons of the University of Western Australia, reproduction may be…
