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Immunity
Immunity: is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.
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MAY 15, 2022Health & Medicine
The University of Maryland School of Medicine reached a medical milestone this year when it transplanted a genetically-e ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 15, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 9 to 10 million people globally, occurs when the immune system incorrectly identifi ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 15, 2022Immunology
Infections are common, and many are becoming increasingly hard for clinicians to treat. Antibiotics are often used to tr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2022Immunology
Cell death is an important natural process the body uses to maintain health; dysfunctional or unhealthy cells have to be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2022Immunology
Immunotherapies, which boost a patient's immune system so it's better at fighting cancer, have been a game-chang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2022Cancer
Following a successful course of cancer treatment, a patient may enter remission. Remission, classified as either partia ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAY 08, 2022Technology
A cytokine storm is a severe immune system reaction where the body is flooded with cells and molecules (called cytokines ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 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 LeitchMAY 02, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
There is currently no vaccine available to prevent Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness prevalent across the United States ...Written By: Zoe MichaudMAY 02, 2022Immunology
For many years, researchers have stressed the need to add diverse populations to genetic studies, which have often cente ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When we're active and doing exercise, we can build muscle as well as supply muscle cells with oxygen, maintaining their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2022Immunology
Administration of an inflammation-mediating lipid has shown promise in reducing multiple sclerosis-related inflammation ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 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 25, 2022Technology
How people felt after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine has been the topic of significant debate for a while now. It was re ...Written By: Ryan VingumAPR 25, 2022Microbiology
When a pathogen invades the body, the immune system has to mount a response, which involves inflammation. But inflammati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2022Immunology
A variety of studies by different reseaech groups have now confirmed that the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2022Immunology
Our immune system plays a vital role in our bodies, as it is literally responsible for keeping us healthy and free of ha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 21, 2022Immunology
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are part of the innate immune system, a generalized response to pathogens. These cells are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2022Health & Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers recently discovered that inhibiting a key signaling pathway in brain cells can lessen ...Written By: Kerry CharronAPR 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 20, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Dendritic cells play an important role in the immune system. Specifically, they help gather up antigen-presenting cells ...Written By: Ryan VingumAPR 20, 2022Cancer
Recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have led to significant clinical benefits for patients with variou ...Written By: Katie Kokolus
MAY 15, 2022
Health & Medicine
The University of Maryland School of Medicine reached a medical milestone this year when it transplanted a genetically-e
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 15, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 9 to 10 million people globally, occurs when the immune system incorrectly identifi
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 15, 2022
Immunology
Infections are common, and many are becoming increasingly hard for clinicians to treat. Antibiotics are often used to tr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2022
Immunology
Cell death is an important natural process the body uses to maintain health; dysfunctional or unhealthy cells have to be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2022
Immunology
Immunotherapies, which boost a patient's immune system so it's better at fighting cancer, have been a game-chang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2022
Cancer
Following a successful course of cancer treatment, a patient may enter remission. Remission, classified as either partia
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAY 08, 2022
Technology
A cytokine storm is a severe immune system reaction where the body is flooded with cells and molecules (called cytokines
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
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
MAY 02, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
There is currently no vaccine available to prevent Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness prevalent across the United States
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
MAY 02, 2022
Immunology
For many years, researchers have stressed the need to add diverse populations to genetic studies, which have often cente
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When we're active and doing exercise, we can build muscle as well as supply muscle cells with oxygen, maintaining their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2022
Immunology
Administration of an inflammation-mediating lipid has shown promise in reducing multiple sclerosis-related inflammation
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
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 25, 2022
Technology
How people felt after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine has been the topic of significant debate for a while now. It was re
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
APR 25, 2022
Microbiology
When a pathogen invades the body, the immune system has to mount a response, which involves inflammation. But inflammati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2022
Immunology
A variety of studies by different reseaech groups have now confirmed that the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2022
Immunology
Our immune system plays a vital role in our bodies, as it is literally responsible for keeping us healthy and free of ha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 21, 2022
Immunology
Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are part of the innate immune system, a generalized response to pathogens. These cells are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2022
Health & Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers recently discovered that inhibiting a key signaling pathway in brain cells can lessen
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
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 20, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Dendritic cells play an important role in the immune system. Specifically, they help gather up antigen-presenting cells
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
APR 20, 2022
Cancer
Recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have led to significant clinical benefits for patients with variou
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus