The first line of immune defense against invading pathogens like bacteria are macrophages, immune cells that engulf every foreign object
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Different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells: Epigenomics survey of human immune cells has implications for fighting chronic infections, autoimmunity, and cancer
The battle between the human immune system and long-term, persisting infections and other chronic diseases such as cancer results in
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Lignin: A supergreen fuel for fuel cells: Conducting polymer electrocatalysts for proton-coupled electron transfer reactions: Toward organic fuel cells with forest fuels
Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap
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Our vulnerable nervous system: What affects its protective sheaths? Researchers shed light on a complex biochemical mechanism
According to the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (German Multiple Sclerosis Society), around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis
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Amplification of key cellular organizer may initiate cancer
Cells begin to accumulate centrosomes — organelles that play a vital role during cell division — before they transform into
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A gut bacterium’s guide to building a microbiome: Unlike invading pathogens, which are attacked by the immune system, certain good bacteria in the gut invite an immune response in order to establish robust gut colonization
The mammalian gut is warm, moist, and incredibly nutrient-rich — an environment that is perfect for bacterial growth. The communities
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Study exposes key tactic used by deadly fungus
A multidisciplinary study by Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers has revealed that a lethal fungus destroys the immune
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Key differences in young, older people’s immune cells attributed to environment
Discoveries by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators may help explain why older people’s immune systems often don’t work so
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Cancer drug helps treat tuberculosis by restoring leaky blood vessels: Drug that strengthens blood vessels allows antibiotics to infiltrate tuberculosis granulomas in mice
Biomedical engineers have discovered an unlikely potential ally in the global fight against tuberculosis — an FDA-approved drug originally designed
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Implantable islet cells come with their own oxygen supply: Device could help insulin-producing cells live longer after transplant and improve treatment of type 1 diabetes
Since the 1960s, researchers have been interested in the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes by transplanting islet cells —
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