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Immunosuppressant drugs
Immunosuppressant drugs, or immunosuppressants, are medications that reduce the immune response. Many patients who have received bone marrow or organ transplants are prescribed immunosuppressants to reduce the risk of graft rejection. While on immunosuppressants, an individual may be unable to fight infection, making them susceptible to disease.
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The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 08, 2020Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 26, 2020Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 02, 2020Cancer
Modern pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars and years of time developing the next big drug. What if they d ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 12, 2020Cardiology
A major problem in the transplant field is a lack of healthy donor organs. For many years, scientists in the field of re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
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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
FEB 28, 2022
Plants & Animals
Peanut allergies can be fatal, leading to severe allergic reactions that can restrict breathing and digestive problems,
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 08, 2022
Health & Medicine
Zilucoplan, a peptide inhibitor under investigation for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis in adults, was fo
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JAN 03, 2022
Cancer
Immune checkpoints are present on the surface of immune cells throughout the body. Under normal conditions, they r
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 19, 2021
Microbiology
COVID-19 may cause a wide range of symptoms that can impact many organs, but for those hospitalized with the disease, re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2021
Health & Medicine
For people living with chronic diseases like Type 1 diabetes, the word "cure" sounds too good to be true. In f
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
DEC 02, 2021
Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common form of pancreatic cancer, accounting for about 90% of pancre
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 11, 2021
Immunology
Global vaccination efforts continue in the backdrop of the ongoing pandemic. However, new studies demonstrate how severa
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 09, 2021
Immunology
Scientists have established the first searchable database of complex immune data, providing the foundations for a new er
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 01, 2021
Health & Medicine
Liver disease represents a significant public health concern and was diagnosed in roughly 4.5 million adults i
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
SEP 28, 2021
Immunology
Hepatitis B infections have created a ‘silent epidemic’—infected people don’t display any sympto
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 02, 2021
Immunology
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has helped save countless lives during the pandemic. Studies have shown that vac
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 26, 2021
Immunology
Once organ failure patients receive the gift of a transplant, they face a life-long threat of immune rejection. Their im
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 15, 2021
Health & Medicine
As Delta has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant causing COVID-19 infections in the United States, researchers and he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists java turned their attention to small antibodies that are produced by animals like sharks, ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Immunology
The immune system is programmed to recognize foreign bodies as potentially dangerous, promptly removing them before the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 06, 2021
Immunology
New research has revealed that COVID-19 vaccines may not work as effectively in those whose immune systems have been neg
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 12, 2021
Immunology
The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 08, 2020
Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 26, 2020
Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 02, 2020
Cancer
Modern pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars and years of time developing the next big drug. What if they d
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 12, 2020
Cardiology
A major problem in the transplant field is a lack of healthy donor organs. For many years, scientists in the field of re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Placing patients on anti-rejection drugs is reality for all heart transplant patients. As such, recent research at Johns
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin