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Innate Immune System
Innate Immune System: is one of the two main immunity strategies found in vertebrates (the other being the adaptive immune system). Recruiting immune cells to sites of infection through the production of chemical factors, including specialized chemical mediators called cytokines.
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OCT 06, 2020Immunology
University of Manchester immunologists are the first to make an interesting observation about the white blood cells of p ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 01, 2020Immunology
Much like electrical wires that are encased in plastic insulating sheaths, nerve cells also are also surrounded by a sim ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 24, 2020Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 23, 2020Immunology
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that play a central role in the immune system’s arsenal of germ-busting weapons. ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 08, 2020Immunology
Opioids are painkillers such as oxycodone (OxyContin and Percocet) and hydrocodone (Vicodin) that are synthesized to mim ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 02, 2020Immunology
We know that infants fed with breast milk develop more robust immune systems as a result of factors that support the nat ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 27, 2020Immunology
Living medicines in the form of stem cell therapies have immense potential for their ability to regenerate and he ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 11, 2020Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 06, 2020Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 05, 2020Immunology
The battle that naturally occurs between the body’s immune system and cancerous cells is one that scientists have ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 05, 2020Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 30, 2020Immunology
In multiple sclerosis, or MS, the insulating sheaths around nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord called myelin becom ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 28, 2020Immunology
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare, inherited, and incurable condition associated with the progressive degenerati ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 10, 2020Immunology
An immune cell type thought to be restricted to the general, first response to pathogenic invaders may actually have som ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2020Cancer
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) has been a big player in the treatment of both autoimmune disease and cancer. PD- ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJUN 06, 2020Immunology
For cancerous cells in the body, it seems there is safety in numbers. Researchers from a newly published study investiga ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2020Cancer
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) is a cancer of the fallopian tubes with a low five-year survival rate with a tendency to ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAY 15, 2020Immunology
Research has long connected the human microbiome and immune system function, and now a recent study pinpoints a key poin ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 13, 2020Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2020Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A drug combination of immunotherapeutic agents encourages immune cells to devour cancer cells according to findings publ ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
So far, only 3% of at least 90 COVID-19 antibody tests in the US have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada are working on a DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 that can be applie ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 16, 2020Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the world. With a poor five year prognosis and lack of effective tr ...Written By: Jasper Cantrell
OCT 06, 2020
Immunology
University of Manchester immunologists are the first to make an interesting observation about the white blood cells of p
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 01, 2020
Immunology
Much like electrical wires that are encased in plastic insulating sheaths, nerve cells also are also surrounded by a sim
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 24, 2020
Immunology
The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China and quickly escalated to a pandemic st
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 23, 2020
Immunology
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that play a central role in the immune system’s arsenal of germ-busting weapons.
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 08, 2020
Immunology
Opioids are painkillers such as oxycodone (OxyContin and Percocet) and hydrocodone (Vicodin) that are synthesized to mim
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 02, 2020
Immunology
We know that infants fed with breast milk develop more robust immune systems as a result of factors that support the nat
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 27, 2020
Immunology
Living medicines in the form of stem cell therapies have immense potential for their ability to regenerate and he
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 11, 2020
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 06, 2020
Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 05, 2020
Immunology
The battle that naturally occurs between the body’s immune system and cancerous cells is one that scientists have
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 05, 2020
Immunology
One of the most unsettling aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is the wide range of severity those affected seem to expe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 30, 2020
Immunology
In multiple sclerosis, or MS, the insulating sheaths around nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord called myelin becom
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 28, 2020
Immunology
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare, inherited, and incurable condition associated with the progressive degenerati
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 10, 2020
Immunology
An immune cell type thought to be restricted to the general, first response to pathogenic invaders may actually have som
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2020
Cancer
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) has been a big player in the treatment of both autoimmune disease and cancer. PD-
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUN 06, 2020
Immunology
For cancerous cells in the body, it seems there is safety in numbers. Researchers from a newly published study investiga
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2020
Cancer
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) is a cancer of the fallopian tubes with a low five-year survival rate with a tendency to
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAY 15, 2020
Immunology
Research has long connected the human microbiome and immune system function, and now a recent study pinpoints a key poin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 13, 2020
Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2020
Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug combination of immunotherapeutic agents encourages immune cells to devour cancer cells according to findings publ
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
So far, only 3% of at least 90 COVID-19 antibody tests in the US have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada are working on a DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 that can be applie
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 16, 2020
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the world. With a poor five year prognosis and lack of effective tr
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell