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Blocking the action of calcium signals in immune cells suppresses the most common form of asthma, but without compromising the body’s defenses against flu viruses, a new study finds.

Levels of key immune-signaling molecules in the vagina undergo clear and consistent fluctuations during the menstrual cycle, scientists report. The findings could help understand the immune systems' role in fertility and aid vaccine development.

Referrals to the Cambridge long COVID clinic decreased significantly following vaccine roll-out, suggesting the vaccine plays a key role in reducing the cases of long COVID.

A team of researchers has devised a new platform for gene editing that could inform the future application of a near-limitless library of CRISPR-based therapeutics.

Researchers shed light on how an optimal intake of electrophilic compounds like procyanidins, found in foods like chocolate and apples, is linked to hormesis of hemodynamic and metabolic responses.

Enrollment has begun in an early-stage clinical trial evaluating bacteriophage therapy in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) who carry Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) in their lungs.

Researchers show that, in zebrafish and human cell cultures, oxytocin has an unsuspected function: it stimulates stem cells derived from the heart’s outer layer (epicardium) to migrate into its middle layer (myocardium) and there develop into cardiomyocytes, muscle cells that generate heart contractions.

Research from scientists at Johns Hopkins University has underscored the importance of COVID-19 booster shots, particularly for older adults.

The cellular mechanisms controlling growth in yeast and humans are very similar, making designing antifungals difficult. However, researchers have recently identified a yeast protein that could spur the development of antifungals for humans.

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a Zika vaccine technology that is highly effective and safe in preclinical mouse models.