“Personalized” Tumor Vaccine Works on Hard-to-Treat Leukemia
In a newly published study, researchers observed a strong and selective immune response in some patients who received, shortly after the transplant, several doses of…
Immunology
Two-Drug Combination Could Be the Key to Curing Cancer
A new study from researchers at Harvard suggests that using a combination of two drugs in a “targeted therapy” effort could effectively cure nearly all…
UC Davis Researchers Identify a Biomarker for Autism
In a newly published study, researchers from UC Davis identify a biomarker for autism in a subset of children, finding that the mothers of children…
Naturally Occurring Nanoparticles Harnessed to Target Disease
New research shows that naturally occurring nanoparticles called exosomes can be coated with an antibody to deliver therapeutic miRNA to targeted cells. Using a novel…
Researchers Generate Immune Responses from Stem Cell Grown Thymus Tissue
In a newly published study, scientists from UC San Francisco detail how they developed the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in…
Preprogrammed Immune Cells Can Fight Specific Pathogens
A new study from Cornell University demonstrates a way to grow preprogrammed immune cells that can fight specific pathogens, potentially transforming the methods used to…
Antibody Transforms Bone Marrow Stem Cells Directly into Brain Cells
While looking for lab-grown antibodies that can activate a growth-stimulating receptor on marrow cells, a team of scientists at the Lerner lab discovered a way…
Nanoparticle Immunogen Design Targets HIV and Other Fast-Mutating Viruses
In a newly published study, researchers detail a new technique for vaccine design that offers insight on how to stimulate the immune system to produce…
Neurons That Control Hunger Could Help Control Autoimmune Diseases
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have discovered that hunger-spiking neurons could help control autoimmune diseases, unmasking a previously unsuspected role of hypothalamic feeding…
14 Adult Patients in Long Term Functional Remission of HIV After Treatment
A newly published study reports on fourteen adult patients in long term functional remission of HIV seven years after being taken off early antiretroviral treatment….
Yale Researchers Engineer a System to Deliver a Safer Vaccine
In a newly published study, Yale University researchers detail how they engineered a system that tricks bacteria to deliver a safer vaccine, which could be…
Nanogels Provide a New Way to Attack Lupus
In a new study, Yale researchers used biodegradable nanoparticles called nanogels to deliver relatively low drug doses to mice with lupus, increasing the median survival…
The First ‘Functional HIV Cure’ in an Infant
A report presented at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections describes how an HIV-infected infant underwent remission after receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) within…
Study Reveals How Deadly Bacteria Trick the Immune System
A new study from UCLA suggests that certain bacteria can pretend to be viruses when infecting humans, allowing them to hijack the body’s immune response…
Study Provides Evidence That Viruses Can Have Immune Systems
In a newly published study, researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine provide evidence that bacteriophage can acquire a functional and adaptive immune system, possibly…
“Pill” Mimics the Action of the Human Liver in Fighting Alcohol Intoxication
UCLA led researchers have developed a “pill” that uses two enzymes to mimic the action of the human liver in fighting alcohol intoxication. In a…
Researchers Identify a Protein that Blocks HIV
In a newly published study, scientists have shown that an oxysterol called 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC) suppresses HIV growth in vivo. A team of UCLA-led researchers has…
UCLA Researchers Show Link Between Diet, Genetics and Obesity
Researchers at UCLA have shown that body-fat responses to high-fat, high-sugar diets have a very strong genetic component and have identified several genetic factors potentially…