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Scientists have discovered in more detail than ever before how the human body’s immune system reacts to malaria and sickle cell disease. This sheds light on how abnormal red blood cells are recognized and cleared by the immune system and opens therapeutic avenues.

In recent years, fermented dairy foods have been gaining attention for their health benefits. Recent work indicates that, through their action on the gut microbiome, these foods could help reduce conditions like hypertension (high blood pressure).

In a recent study, scientists have shown how to simultaneously harness multiple forms of regulation in living cells to strictly control gene expression and open new avenues for improved biotechnologies.

A Phase III study of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine conducted by AstraZeneca plc in the USA, Chile and Peru has shown that vaccine is safe and highly effective, adding to previous trial data from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa, as well as real-world impact data from the United Kingdom.

Non-circulating memory T cells, whose main function is to provide local protection against re-infection, contribute to chronic transplant rejection, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers reveal.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has shared a statement after concluding its review of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine following reports of thromboembolic events occurring in a small number people.

A new study has compared twelve COVID-19 vaccines that had initiated or announced the Phase III clinical trial stage by early November 2020. The study highlights the early successes, as well as the hurdles and barriers yet to be overcome for ending the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers have developed a diagnostic test that can identify virulent forms of the swine bacterial pathogen Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus which can cause severe illness and death in pigs, other animals and rarely people.

In a study investigating the mechanism that exacerbates rheumatoid arthritis in smokers, researchers have discovered a novel path in the inflammatory process associated with the bone damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis. The discovery opens up opportunities for new therapeutic interventions for the disease.

A study recently published in the Science journal has found a solution to applying CAR T cell therapy to solid tumours: programming CAR T cells so that they only kill cancer cells, leaving alone healthy cells that have the same marker protein as cancer cells.