. Scientific Frontline: Immunology
Showing posts with label Immunology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Immunology. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Rituximab and T Cells in Kidney Disease

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Healthy versus damaged podocytes: An electron microscopy image shows the difference in a healthy kidney (right), with filtering cells called...

What Is: Alpha-Gal Syndrome

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Alpha-Gal Syndrome The Core Concept : Alpha-gal syndrome is an acquired, ti...
Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Monocytes Regulate Uterine Health and Female Fertility

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Photo Credit:  Anna Tarazevich Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Role of Monocytes in the Uterus The Core...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

How Free Heme Triggers Severe Inflammation

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Heme is an essential component of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scie...

Targeted Red Blood Cell Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

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In multiple sclerosis, a misdirected immune response damages the protective myelin sheaths surrounding the nerve fibers in the central nervo...
Saturday, August 29, 2026

What Is: Postpartum Depression

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Neurobiology of Postpartum Depression The Core Concept : Postpartum dep...
Friday, August 28, 2026

Neuroimmunology: In-Depth Description

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Neuroimmunology is the study of the complex, bidirectional interactions between the central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system. Trad...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Zika Vaccine Design: Balancing Antibodies and T Cells

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Aedes mosquito. This species can transmit pathogens such as Zika, Chikungunya, and dengue virus. Photo Credit: NIAID Scientific Frontline: E...
Saturday, August 22, 2026

New Antibody Therapy Target for Tick-Borne CCHFV Discovered

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Scott D. Pegan, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Sciences Associate Dean of Pre-Clerkship Medical Education Photo Credit: Courtesy of University ...
Friday, August 21, 2026

Liquid Metal Nanoparticles Target Aggressive Breast Cancer

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Schematic illustration of the B-LM-DMX-αCD25 nanoplatform design and its three synchronized therapeutic mechanisms: selective Treg depletion...

New Skull Immune Organ Defends Brain

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Researchers at WashU Medicine discovered lymph node-like structures (cyan) in the skull bone marrow of mice that play a role in mounting a r...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Sugar Antifreeze Increases CAR-T Cell Therapy Access

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“With this approach, you could theoretically just thaw the cells and then inject them, without any extra processing steps,” says Ana Jaklene...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

Synthetic Sugar Fights Drug-Resistant Candida auris Fungus

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Candida Auris Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Synthetic Su...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Shingles Vaccine Lowers Dementia Risk

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Photo Composite Credit: Jeffrey C. Chase Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Shingles Vaccination and Dementia ...
Monday, August 10, 2026

Triple-Dose Regimen May Clear HIV in Newborns

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Jonah Sacha, Ph.D.  Photo Credit: OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Triple-Dose H...

What Is: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder The Core Concept : Obsessive-compulsive disor...

Training Corals to Resist Disease

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Photo Credit:  Francesco Ungaro Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Coral Pathogen Priming The Core Concept : C...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein and Long COVID

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Dr. Melody Li with members of her lab. Photo Credit: Timothy Archibald/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center Scientific Frontline: Extended ...

IL-10 Biochemical Halo Cloaks Insulin Cells

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Dilrasbonu Vohidova, a doctoral student in the Department of Bioengineering Photo Credit: Courtesy of Rice University Scientific Frontline: ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

NIR-PAT²: Targeted Therapy for Periodontitis

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NIR-PAT² uses an antibody linked to a light-sensitive dye to find and bind only to P. gingivalis, the key bacterium that drives gum disease,...