Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a small neutralizing antibody, a so-called nanobody,…
Browsing: Immunology
Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that studies the immune system: our body’s defense mechanism against infections, diseases, and harmful substances. It explores how immune responses are triggered, how the body distinguishes between self and non-self, and what happens when these processes go awry, leading to conditions like autoimmune disorders, allergies, or immune deficiencies. Immunology also underpins the development of vaccines, immunotherapies, and treatments for infections and cancer. This page features the latest research in immunology, including breakthroughs in understanding immune function, disease resistance, and new therapeutic strategies.
Flu season comes around like clockwork every year, and sooner or later everyone gets infected.…
New findings may provide new therapeutic target and help explain why IBD and other autoimmune…
Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of…
Sweden’s policy of allowing the controlled spread of COVID-19 viral infection among the population has…
Two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can…
Some people get really sick from COVID-19, and others don’t. Nobody knows why. Now, a…
BCG vaccine is safe and does not lead to an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms.…
Researchers caution: It is too soon to say whether pre-existing immune cell memory affects COVID-19…
One of the immune system’s oldest branches, called complement, may be influencing the severity of…
Yale School of Medicine and the biopharmaceutical firm AI Therapeutics have launched a multi-institutional clinical…
Heparin, a common anitcoagulent, could also form basis of a viral trap for SARS-CoV-2. In…
Singapore scientists uncover SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in recovered COVID-19 and SARS patients, and in…
A single dose induced antibodies in nonhuman primates. The vaccine’s design has advantages of safety,…
Cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation that is…
In the first study to comprehensively track how different types of brain cells respond to…
Antibodies derived from llamas have been shown to neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in lab tests,…
The findings support many vaccine strategies being used to tackle the new coronavirus. A team…