The Immune System – News and Features

This article explores 6-base genome sequencing and how it is empowering researchers to expand their studies to include both genetic and epigenetic data. 

Researchers from the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, in collaboration with other scientists, have discovered a way to enhance the immune system's ability to fight cancer by reprogramming T-cell metabolism.

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the human immunodeficiency virus.

Researchers have developed a compound that could potentially treat the autoimmune disorder alopecia, which causes hair loss leading to the formation of bald patches.

The modified chocolates also had higher antioxidant levels than regular dark chocolate.

Research finds that 23% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 between 2021 and 2023 developed long COVID, and in more than half of them, the symptoms persisted for two years.

A team of researchers has found that inflammation-related proteins and pathways are associated with changes in bone mineral density (BMD) over time.

Researchers from Mayo Clinic have identified specific proteins — fibronectin and smooth muscle actin — within colorectal cancer tissues that are associated with resistance to immunotherapy treatment.

Antigenic variation is a key mechanism by which pathogens evade the immune system. New research has shown how trypanosomes change their antigen expression.

The researchers say their landscape transcriptomics method may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are declining overall.