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Study identifies which bacteria trigger the 'farm effect' that makes children less prone to allergies
Children who grow up in a farm environment are less prone to allergies, asthma and hay fever than their classmates. This so-called farm effect has been identified in several observational studies worldwide. It is most likely ...
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Building immunity: Tissue-resident immune cells defend human lungs from viral, bacterial, and fungal infections
New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and the University of Liverpool (UOL) provides the first comprehensive look at how a hidden immune cell army defends the vast, vulnerable tissue of ...
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How our body's natural recycling system could help reduce inflammation
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven, together with international collaborators, have discovered that blocking autophagy—the body's natural recycling system for worn-out cell components—in specialized blood vessels can reduce ...
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Blocking a key receptor may curb immunotherapy-related liver damage
Scientists at UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), have found a potential path to maintaining the cancer-fighting benefits of one type of immunotherapy ...
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Cyclosporiasis sickens some people worse—why your diarrhea could be more explosive than others
As you may have seen in news headlines or social media memes, there's explosive diarrhea going around. Understanding how the immune system responds to the parasite that causes the unfortunate disease called cyclosporiasis ...
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The ABCs of back-to-school allergy management
Being ready for the school year means more than gathering clothes and supplies—it also means adequately preparing your child and school staff to deal with your child's allergies and asthma. It is important to take the necessary ...
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Scientists decipher how T cells sense enemies—such as cancer—at point of contact
Every encounter between a T cell and a potential target—especially when that target is a developing tumor—begins with a rapid series of molecular decisions. Within seconds, the immune cell must determine whether to launch ...
Omalizumab allows children with multiple food allergies eat trigger foods safely
About a third of children with multiple food allergies gained the ability to safely eat full servings of foods that trigger their allergies in a new Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial. The results were published in JAMA ...
Jul 27, 2026
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Turning COVID-19 immune memory into a powerful new ally against cancer
In a discovery that could redefine the future of cancer immunotherapy, scientists from Celloram Inc., University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University have developed a novel cancer vaccine platform that transforms ...
Jul 27, 2026
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Dengue virus can infect immune cells meant to fight disease
Researchers at the University of Vermont's Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine and Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, have discovered that dengue virus can infect and replicate inside memory B cells, immune ...
Jul 27, 2026
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Autoantibodies could shape cancer risk, growth and response to immunotherapy
Scientists have long sought to understand why some people with no known risk factors develop cancer while others with significant risk never do. The answer may lie in immune proteins known as autoantibodies (auto-Abs), suggests ...
Jul 25, 2026
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Experimental plague vaccine strategy protects mice with missing key immune defenses
The plague has killed more people than World War II. The bacterium Yersinia pestis (Yp), which causes plague, has triggered three major pandemics throughout history, leaving behind a casualty toll of more than 200 million ...
Inherited gene variants may shape CAR-T therapy benefits and toxic side effects
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy, which reprograms an individual's immune cells to seek out and destroy certain cancer cells, has revolutionized treatment for blood cancers such as lymphoma. But in some patients, ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Brain immunity may undergo a major midlife overhaul linked to neuroinflammation
A new study indicates that the immune cell landscape of the hippocampus, a brain region critical for learning and memory, rapidly undergoes substantial remodeling beginning in midlife. This previously unrecognized shift suggests ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Ancient molecule made inside tumors drives immune response, study finds
An ancient molecule that existed long before the circulatory system evolved has been found to support cancer immunotherapy. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan found that complement C3 protein acts inside tumors to ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Dormant pigment cells found in vitiligo patches may offer treatment target
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys melanocytes, the cells that produce the skin pigment melanin. Once the melanocytes are gone, the skin turns white, leading to the characteristic ...
Jul 23, 2026
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New immune mechanism helps explain why ovarian cancer stops responding to chemotherapy
Scientists at The Wistar Institute have identified a new mechanism behind the chemotherapy resistance that makes ovarian cancer so lethal. In a new study published in The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, the researchers ...
Jul 23, 2026
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New strategy could prevent T cell exhaustion and boost immunotherapy
A major pillar of cancer immunotherapy involves stimulating T cells, the specialized killers of the immune system, to attack tumors. But this strategy has been undermined by the tendency of T cells to tire out before finishing ...
Jul 23, 2026
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How systemic immune regulation is 'hijacked' during tumor progression
The immune system plays a critical role in protecting the body from cancer by recognizing and eliminating abnormal cells before they can develop into tumors. This process relies on T cells that can recognize tumor-derived ...
Jul 23, 2026
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Mass-producible immune cells kill patient-derived colorectal tumors in mice
Off-the-shelf and mass-producible immune cells fight solid human tumors engrafted in mice. The Kobe University development is a significant contribution toward faster, cheaper cancer immunotherapy.
Jul 23, 2026
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Gut immune cells may help explain how B-cell depletion controls MS
B-cell depletion therapies, in which B cells of the immune system that may drive disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS) are temporarily removed, have contributed significantly to improved treatment for patients in recent ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Immune changes emerge up to 10 years before inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified immune system changes that can be detected up to 10 years before inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) develops, offering new insight into how the disease ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Skin-bone marrow axis discovery opens new doors for psoriasis treatment
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting more than 60 million people worldwide, characterized by painful red patches, scaling and skin thickening. While existing biologic treatments largely focus on calming ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Tick-borne meat allergy: Many carry alpha-gal antibodies without symptoms
Many more Americans than previously estimated carry antibodies related to a meat allergy caused by tick bites, a new study says. Nearly 1 in 4 adults in states with the highest rates of alpha-gal syndrome carry antibodies ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Thymus-derived hormone may suppress age-related inflammation and boost cancer therapy
Chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body—a phenomenon known as "inflammaging" because it increases with age—has been linked to many of today's leading causes of illness and death, including cancer, heart disease, metabolic ...
Jul 21, 2026
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