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Dendritic Cells
Dendritic Cells (DCs): are antigen-presenting cells (also known as accessory cells) of the mammalian immune system. Their main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system. They act as messengers between the innate and the adaptive immune systems.
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FEB 10, 2016Microbiology
PAMPs in processed food may be making you sick. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, or PAMPs, are molecules associat ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 08, 2016Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 06, 2016Cardiology
Scientists from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) Center for Excellence in Pos ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 01, 2016Neuroscience
Neurons are incredibly tiny, but they have a big task in the brain. Cells within the nervous system, called neurons, are ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 27, 2016Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 19, 2016Immunology
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows how dangerous autoimmune responses, seen in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 06, 2016Immunology
Over time humans evolved alongside a beneficial microbial community, called the microbiome. In return for a place to liv ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2016Immunology
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway, discovered in 2008 to promote type 1 interferon production in respon ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 19, 2015Immunology
Dendritic cells use phagocytosis to break up molecules from pathogens to present on their cell surface to warn other lym ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2015Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 30, 2015Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 19, 2015Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 12, 2015Immunology
Scientists from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have been studying immune action in cases of inflammato ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 27, 2015Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 19, 2015Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 15, 2015Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 09, 2015Microbiology
Biofilms consist of surface-associated bacteria surrounded by an extracellular matrix (think dental plaque). Biofilms of ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight int ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 10, 2016
Microbiology
PAMPs in processed food may be making you sick. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns, or PAMPs, are molecules associat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 06, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) Center for Excellence in Pos
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 01, 2016
Neuroscience
Neurons are incredibly tiny, but they have a big task in the brain. Cells within the nervous system, called neurons, are
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 27, 2016
Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 19, 2016
Immunology
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows how dangerous autoimmune responses, seen in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 06, 2016
Immunology
Over time humans evolved alongside a beneficial microbial community, called the microbiome. In return for a place to liv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2016
Immunology
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway, discovered in 2008 to promote type 1 interferon production in respon
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 19, 2015
Immunology
Dendritic cells use phagocytosis to break up molecules from pathogens to present on their cell surface to warn other lym
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2015
Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 30, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are plenty of ways exercise improves brain health. It boosts mood, contextual memory, and the ability to distingui
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 19, 2015
Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 12, 2015
Immunology
Scientists from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have been studying immune action in cases of inflammato
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 27, 2015
Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 19, 2015
Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 15, 2015
Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 09, 2015
Microbiology
Biofilms consist of surface-associated bacteria surrounded by an extracellular matrix (think dental plaque). Biofilms of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight int
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider