Scientists show jet lag conditions impair immune response in mice
Imagine you’ve just arrived in Paris. Your body thinks it should be midnight—a restorative time when your cells typically proofread […]
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland found that the PLCG2-P522R genetic variant, which protects […] Owing to a rare genetic mutation, individuals with leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD1) experience a suite of symptoms that […] The immune system’s ability to marshal specialized cells to fight off infection relies in part on tiny molecules called microRNAs, […] University of Calgary researchers at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) led by Drs. Donna Senger, Ph.D., Paul Kubes, Ph.D., […] Children exposed to paternal tobacco smoking before birth are more likely to develop asthma—and associated changes to immune genes predict […] Scientists are redesigning natural allergens to help the immune system defend against them, in a move that could eliminate the […] An enzyme intended to prevent autoimmune disease can be hijacked and used by some viruses to avoid immune detection. That […] Following the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine, global attention is now more than ever turned toward the promise of immunotherapy […] Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered the role of an immune system double agent. This molecule, called USP18, can help […]immune
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