. Scientific Frontline: Immunology
Showing posts with label Immunology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immunology. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

What Is: Biologic Medication

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Visualization depicts a bio-engineered nanoparticle precisely delivering its therapeutic payload of complex protein molecules directly to a ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Exclusive breastfeeding linked to long-term changes in marks on DNA, found in blood

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Photo Credit:  Fanny Renaud Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Exclusive Breastfeeding and Epigenetic Modifications Mai...

mRNA vaccines follow unconventional immune path to destroy tumors

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WashU Medicine researchers have described how mRNA cancer vaccines engage the immune system, through an unconventional pathway involving two...

UCLA scientists identify zombie immune cells as a driver of fatty liver disease, inflammation and aging

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Microscopy image showing senescent macrophages in red and cholesterol-laden lipid droplets – a key driver of senescence – in green. Image Cr...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

New blood test may improve mapping of mosquito-borne viruses

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Chikungunya virus is spread, among others, by the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Photo Credit:  FotoshopTofs Scientific Frontline:...

New drug doubles one-year survival in pancreatic cancer trial

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Clinical trial participant Matthew Husar lived for roughly two years after starting the trial. He is seen here with his wife Dona Husar. Pho...
Friday, April 10, 2026

OHSU research reveals how pancreatic cancer blocks immunotherapy

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A pancreatic cancer cell slide on a microscope. Katelyn Byrne, Ph.D., is senior author of a new OHSU study in the journal Immunity that iden...

New cause for diabetes in babies found in non-coding genes

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Photo Credit:  Shalev Cohen Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Non-Coding Genetic Origins of Neonatal Diabetes...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

How bacteria suppress immune defenses in stubborn wound infections

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Experiments found that wounds infected with E. faecalis (seen here) had dampened immunity, allowing E. faecalis to persist and enabling co-i...

Scientists discover how key immune cells protect the prostate

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Confocal microscopy of murine prostates at 7 (left), 30 (center) and 250 (right) days post infection. Colors indicated and scale bar shown. ...
Friday, April 3, 2026

Study Points Toward Immune Reprogramming to Treat Candidiasis

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This staining image of kidney tissue affected by candidiasis shows the fungus Candida albicans and infiltrating immune cells. Image Credit: ...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Gut microbiota differs in children with rare food allergy

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Children with the rare allergic condition FPIES have a clearly altered gut microbiota, according to a new study from Umeå University in whic...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Immunotherapy significantly improves outcomes for colon cancer

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Anke Reinacher-Schick was involved in the study. Photo Credit: © Jakob Studnar Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summar...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

The underestimated thymus: New studies reveal its relevance for healthy aging

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Thymus health may differ: CT scan of a more healthy (left) and less healthy (right) thymus. Photo Credit: Bernatz et al., Nature (2026 Scien...

The influence of lymph node architecture on lymphoma

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Professor Dr Sascha Dietrich (Director of the Department of Hematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology) emphasises that the targeted modul...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Local immune coordination in the lung reveals a new layer of defense

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Clusters of immune cells in the influenza-infected lung of a mouse. B cells are shown in cyan, T cells in magenta, and green areas indicate ...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Scientists turbocharge immune cells to attack prostate cancer

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A graphic illustration showing how the introduction of catch bonds between TCR and pMHC enhances anti-tumor efficacy Illustration Credit: Wi...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

How an imbalanced gut microbiome worsens chronic kidney disease

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Andreas Bäumler (left) and Jee-Yon Lee (right) found chronic kidney disease causes specific gut bacteria to release a toxin that worsens kid...

Rearing conditions influence the immune system of brown trout

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Picture of a brown trout native to Switzerland. Photo Credit: © Jonas Steiner Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Researchers develop promising new therapy for most common form of bone cancer in children and young adults

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A visual representation of a large, solid osteosarcoma tumor mass (bone cancer, left) being specifically targeted by a swarm of engineered C...