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Researchers have developed a new highly sensitive blood test for tuberculosis (TB) that screens for DNA fragments of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that causes the deadly disease.

The NIH has launched a clinical trial testing whether a monoclonal antibody, dupilumab, can reduce asthma attacks and improve lung function and asthma symptoms in children with poorly controlled allergic asthma who live in low-income urban neighborhoods.

Researchers from the University of São Paulo, Brazil and the Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK have conducted an investigation into the evolution of Salmonella bacteria in Brazilian poultry. The study identified that introducing a Salmonella vaccine for poultry – in addition to increasing use of antibiotics by Brazilian farmers – has led to strains evolving that are antibiotic-resistant. These strains are less likely to cause disease in humans.

A therapeutic method for harnessing the body’s immune system to protect against brain damage is published today by researchers from the Babraham Institute’s Immunology research program.

In a mouse study, researchers found that knocking out essential bacteria in the gut microbiome with antibiotics could deflate the will and ability to exercise.

The nervous system can regulate inflammation and new findings illustrate how electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve can promote healing in acute inflammation.

A new study into how four types of COVID-19 vaccines prepare the body to fight SARS-CoV-2 is the first in history to compare how three different vaccine platforms trigger an immune response against the same pathogen.

In a new study, components of the immune system known as autoantibodies, implicated as central players in a range of serious autoimmune diseases, have also been found in healthy individuals.

Gut bacteria from humans is being passed to wildlife – including birds, lizards and coyotes – in urban areas, altering their gut microbiome.

Researchers have discovered that Fusarium graminearum perithecia provide a specific ecological niche for bacteria that could play an important role in disease establishment.