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A a game called Foldit is enabling citizen scientists to design brand new proteins, and to participate in protein engineering discovery.

An influenza transmission study revealed new insights into the type of immune responses that may be protective against influenza virus infection, potentially aiding vaccine design.

A team of researchers at Texas A&M University has developed an innovative way to print therapeutics in 3D for regenerative medicine.

Antibiotics prescribed by dentists as a preemptive strike against infection are unnecessary 81% of the time, exposing patients to the risk of side effects unnecessarily and contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Wild boar can be immunized against African Swine Fever by a new vaccine delivered to the animals in their food, a promising inoculation against this deadly disease, which is a worldwide threat to the swine industry.

A proof of concept study shows that immunometabolism (an emerging field of study focused on the interaction between metabolism and immunity) is likely to represent an important focus point for research into sepsis treatment.

Nearly all humans silently harbor polyomavirus, a tiny DNA virus, but when transplant recipients receive drugs to suppress their immune system to prevent graft rejection, the virus can reactivate and damage the kidney. A new approach to targeting infected cells may help reduce viral load in transplant patients.

A metabolite of an alkaloid from kratom, a Southeast Asian tree with a long history of use in traditional medicine, could be responsible for the treatment’s therapeutic effects.

Inhibiting an enzyme called cyclic GMP-AMP synthase could stop an unwanted cascade of cellular signaling events that occurs during autoimmune diseases.

A protein from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), which can infect monkeys and apes and cause an AIDS-like disease in the natural host, has shown promise as a potential component of a vaccine against HIV.