For a person to acquire immunity to a disease, T cells must develop into memory cells after contact with the
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How does the immune system develop in the first days of life?
Within the womb, a human fetus benefits from the protection of the placenta, limiting their contact with pathogens. However, once
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Multiple sclerosis as the flip side of immune fitness
About half of the people with multiple sclerosis have the HLA-DR15 gene variant. A study led by the University of
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COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rare inborn immune disorders
A new research report reveals that 94 individuals with rare inherited immune disorders, otherwise known as primary immunodeficiency (PID), who
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UK’s vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is safe and induces an immune reaction
Promising early stage results from a phase 1/2 clinical trial of the UK’s vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that
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Immune system discovery could end chronic organ rejection
Chronic rejection of transplanted organs is the leading cause of transplant failure, and one that the field of organ transplantation
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Immunotherapy effective in metastatic prostate cancers with specific markers of immune activation
Although metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) typically has limited response to immunotherapy, a subset of patients with pretreatment evidence of
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Immune system cells contribute to the invading capacity of brain tumours
In a study published in Brain Communications, the team led by Carlos Barcia, researcher at Institut de Neurociències of the
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Researchers decipher a new way that immune cells detect infections and cancers
Published today in Science, the research team from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), the Olivia
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Changes in the immune system explain why belly fat is bad for thinking
Iowa State researchers have found for the first time that less muscle and more body fat may affect how flexible
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