Tag: immunology
How Sex Hormones Shape Immune Response: Why Males and Females Fight Infection Differently
Sex hormones directly regulate immune cell development and function, creating measurable differences between males and females in infection susceptibility, vaccine…
Engineered Islet Transplant Survives Without Immunosuppression in First-in-Human Trial
A first-in-human trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates long-term survival of genetically engineered pancreatic islet cells…
Shared HIV Antibody Maturation Pathways Discovered in Humans and Primates—Opening New Vaccine Routes
New research in Science Translational Medicine reveals that humans and rhesus macaques develop HIV-fighting antibodies through nearly identical biological pathways,…
Rye Pollen Mystery Solved: Scientists Reveal 3D Structure of Compounds With Potential Cancer-Fighting Properties
Researchers have determined the precise 3D structures of two molecules in rye pollen that showed anti-tumour activity in animal studies,…
Neuroimmune abnormalities identified as potential driver of fibromyalgia pathology
Research from the University of Barcelona suggests neuroimmune dysfunction in the central nervous system drives fibromyalgia pathology. This mechanistic insight…
Early immune markers could identify which TB-infected people will develop active disease
Research at the Francis Crick Institute suggests that specific immune markers may predict which of the 1.7 billion TB-infected people…
Novel Prime-and-Pull Vaccine Strategy Shows Promise Against Genital Herpes in Preclinical Models
Yale researchers developed a novel prime-and-pull vaccine that prevented genital herpes infection in preclinical models, potentially addressing a 30-year gap…
AI-designed ‘master key’ vaccine could target entire virus families, not individual strains
Artificial intelligence is enabling vaccine designers to target conserved viral proteins shared across entire pathogen families, rather than individual strains.…