Antibodies Elicited by COVID-19 Vaccination Effective Against Delta Variant Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and…
Study in mice, human blood samples, suggests HDL from the intestine may prevent liver inflammation. The body’s so-called good cholesterol may be even better than…
COVID-19 drugs, vaccines still effective against mutating virus. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells…
Effective against blood cancers, natural killer cells also may be effective against solid tumors. An immunotherapy based on supercharging the immune system’s natural killer cells…
Diet rich in sugar, fat damages immune cells in digestive tracts of mice. Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut in…
Study in mice and people offers new approach to investigating mental illnesses. The humble lab mouse has provided invaluable clues to understanding diseases ranging from…
Independent of cholesterol, gene variants raise risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure. High cholesterol is the most commonly understood cause of atherosclerosis, a…
Major boost in COVID-19 antibodies seen in breast milk after vaccination. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that nursing…
Worrisome new coronavirus variants can evade antibodies that neutralize original virus. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that three…
Study reveals details of how coronavirus infects heart; models of tissue damage may help develop potential therapies. Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been…
Discovery could aid early screening, shed light on how Chiari malformation arises. About one in 100 children has a common brain disorder called Chiari 1…
Discovery could lead to better diagnostics, speed efforts to find treatment. A novel form of an Alzheimer’s protein found in the fluid that surrounds the…
Antidepressant drug repurposed for patients with coronavirus infection. In a preliminary study of COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate disease who were attempting to recover in their…
Other viruses, such as Zika and herpes simplex, replicate in corneal tissue. New findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis…
Flu season comes around like clockwork every year, and sooner or later everyone gets infected. The annual flu shot is a key part of public…
Nasal delivery produces more widespread immune response than intramuscular injection. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a vaccine that…
For severely obese, it’s the weight loss alone that drives improvements such as remission of diabetes. Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective therapy to…
Lab-made virus is safer to work with, can aid efforts to find drugs, vaccines. Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus that causes COVID-19 can only…
