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Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune Disease: an illness that causes the immune system to produce antibodies that attack normal body tissues. When your body attacks itself, It sees part of your body as a disease and tries to combat it.
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AUG 11, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, a team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 05, 2022Immunology
The microbiome has a powerful influence on human well-being and disease. It might also be a useful way to approach disea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2022Immunology
Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers captured images of a molecule called an autoantibody as it attached to a rec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2022Immunology
The immune system relies on signals, which may be activated by the presence of a pathogen, for example. Chemokines are c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that there is a genetic connection between Alzheimer's disease and gastrointestinal disorders lik ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Magnetic beads (or superparamagnetic particles) can be used for the isolation and purification of cells, nucleic acids, ...JUL 06, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified a new potential strategy for inhibiting inflammation in both psoriasis and psoriatic arthrit ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 25, 2022Immunology
Salk Institute researchers studying alopecia have learned more about the link between immunity and hair growth.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2022Immunology
Schizophrenia is estimated to impact around 24 million people, which is about 1 in 300 people worldwide. This poorly und ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer vaccines have been around for decades, but a unique neoantigen vaccine called NeoVax is making researchers hopefu ...Written By: Zoe MichaudMAY 06, 2022Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects most people; it's thought that when we're young, about 90 percent of us acq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can impact anyone, but tends to affects women between the ages of 15 and 45. The dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2022Immunology
The immune system has an incredible ability to remember past infections, so it can defeat pathogens that return more qui ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2022Immunology
The immune system can get tired when it has to fight against a chronic infection or a disease like cancer. Exhausted T c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2022Health & Medicine
A nationwide study recently reported that COVID-19 infection increases risk for a constellation of blood clot-related ev ...Written By: Angela GarciaAPR 15, 2022Immunology
The immune system is an incredibly complex system that has to be able to rapidly spring into action, and then shut down ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2022Neuroscience
Researching the human brain, a unique organ among organisms, is extremely challenging, so it still holds many mysteries. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Lupus is an autoimmune disease characterized by one’s immune system targeting and harming itself, and it can impac ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 24, 2022Immunology
Our bodies need sugar; carbohydrates are critical to health. But many of the foods we consume, like soft drinks, cereals ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2022Health & Medicine
Scientists have investigated the role of regulatory T cells in autoimmune disease. Regulatory T cells carry the CD4 prot ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAR 14, 2022Cancer
Over the past decade, immunotherapy drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as a promising an ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 11, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) describes a disorder that presents when the pancreas cannot produce insulin, a hormone needed to r ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 07, 2022Immunology
T cells are on the front lines of the immune system, and can work against infections and cancer cells. But the activity ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Individuals with type 1 diabetes who take blood pressure medication verapamil require less insulin on a daily basis. The ...Written By: Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, a team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 05, 2022
Immunology
The microbiome has a powerful influence on human well-being and disease. It might also be a useful way to approach disea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2022
Immunology
Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers captured images of a molecule called an autoantibody as it attached to a rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2022
Immunology
The immune system relies on signals, which may be activated by the presence of a pathogen, for example. Chemokines are c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that there is a genetic connection between Alzheimer's disease and gastrointestinal disorders lik
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Magnetic beads (or superparamagnetic particles) can be used for the isolation and purification of cells, nucleic acids,
...
JUL 06, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified a new potential strategy for inhibiting inflammation in both psoriasis and psoriatic arthrit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 25, 2022
Immunology
Salk Institute researchers studying alopecia have learned more about the link between immunity and hair growth.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2022
Immunology
Schizophrenia is estimated to impact around 24 million people, which is about 1 in 300 people worldwide. This poorly und
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer vaccines have been around for decades, but a unique neoantigen vaccine called NeoVax is making researchers hopefu
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
MAY 06, 2022
Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects most people; it's thought that when we're young, about 90 percent of us acq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can impact anyone, but tends to affects women between the ages of 15 and 45. The dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2022
Immunology
The immune system has an incredible ability to remember past infections, so it can defeat pathogens that return more qui
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2022
Immunology
The immune system can get tired when it has to fight against a chronic infection or a disease like cancer. Exhausted T c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2022
Health & Medicine
A nationwide study recently reported that COVID-19 infection increases risk for a constellation of blood clot-related ev
...
Written By:
Angela Garcia
APR 15, 2022
Immunology
The immune system is an incredibly complex system that has to be able to rapidly spring into action, and then shut down
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2022
Neuroscience
Researching the human brain, a unique organ among organisms, is extremely challenging, so it still holds many mysteries.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lupus is an autoimmune disease characterized by one’s immune system targeting and harming itself, and it can impac
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 24, 2022
Immunology
Our bodies need sugar; carbohydrates are critical to health. But many of the foods we consume, like soft drinks, cereals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Scientists have investigated the role of regulatory T cells in autoimmune disease. Regulatory T cells carry the CD4 prot
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAR 14, 2022
Cancer
Over the past decade, immunotherapy drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as a promising an
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 11, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) describes a disorder that presents when the pancreas cannot produce insulin, a hormone needed to r
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 07, 2022
Immunology
T cells are on the front lines of the immune system, and can work against infections and cancer cells. But the activity
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Individuals with type 1 diabetes who take blood pressure medication verapamil require less insulin on a daily basis. The
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon