Research in the News: Arming the Immune System to Fight Myeloma

When trauma spills the contents of our cell powerhouses, it can evoke a potentially deadly immune response much like a severe bacterial infection. A drug that cleaves escaped proteins called N-formyl peptides appears to reduce resulting dangerous leakage from blood vessels and improve survival.

Treg cells, a type of regulatory lymphocyte, may be protecting babies in the womb from getting infected with the HIV virus when the mother is infected.

Stanford scientists and their collaborators have discovered a molecule that initiates the final, crucial step in a type of cell death.