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Researchers identify inhibitor that converts immune cold cancer to red hot ones

Scientists headed by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center converted an immune cold cancer into one that responds to immunotherapy.

4 Aug 2021

Study exhibits single cell type map of human tissues

An atlas containing more than 250,000 interactive plots has been launched to enable scientists to examine the expression in individual single cell types.

3 Aug 2021

Analyses of DNA tags may lead to better understanding of treatment approaches for cancers

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) shed into the blood was discovered in the late 1940s but with rapid advances in genomics and computational analytics in just the past few years, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center now believe that studying tags, or modifications to this type of DNA, may lead to a better understanding of how to assess, and possibly modulate, treatment approaches for cancer and other diseases.

28 Jul 2021

Study shows promising results for treating muscular dystrophies with umbilical cord-derived MSCs

Results of a compassionate-use study released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine show promising results for treating muscular dystrophies with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from Wharton's jelly (WJ), a substance found in the umbilical cord.

28 Jul 2021

Study: Biomarker can predict response to immunotherapies in breast cancer patients

A biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma patients also has clinical relevance for breast cancer patients, according to a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

28 Jul 2021

T cell-depleted macaques can mount potent memory responses against SARS-CoV-2

New research conducted in monkeys reveals that T cells are not critical for the recovery of primates from acute COVID-19 infections.

28 Jul 2021

New advancement could improve immune system’s ability to search, destroy tumor

A new study has found a promising treatment that could enhance the ability of the human immune system to seek and destroy cancer cells inside the body.

28 Jul 2021

New formulation to administer antibodies for choroidal neovascularization therapy

Scientists have created a new formulation based on regulatory T-cell exosomes (rEXS) to administer vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibodies.

28 Jul 2021

Research group analyzes methods to tackle antibiotic resistance

One major threat that the world faces and researchers are working to combat today is antibiotic resistance, and six CSRI students are doing their part in the fight.

28 Jul 2021

Study proposes methods to purge unstable regulatory T cells

Scientists from the Babraham Institute, United Kingdom and VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium, came up with two solutions that can overcome a major clinical limitation of immune cell therapies. The researchers chose mice as their model. The findings were published recently in the journal Science Immunology.

27 Jul 2021

Researchers develop repository showcasing antibody activity on spike protein variants

Scientists have created an “atlas” that charts how 152 different antibodies attack a major piece of the SARS-CoV-2 machinery, the spike protein.

27 Jul 2021

Study employs llama nanobodies to hunt human cytomegalovirus

Researchers created a “nanobody”, a small fragment of a llama antibody, that can evade human cytomegalovirus as it hides away from the immune system.

26 Jul 2021

Cell-analysis method could pave the way for new strategies to fight tuberculosis

A new method that analyzes how individual immune cells react to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis could pave the way for new vaccine strategies against this deadly disease, and provide insights into fighting other infectious diseases around the world.

23 Jul 2021

New transferrable and integrative type I CRISPR-based platform to efficiently edit superbugs

A research team led by Dr Aixin YAN, Associate Professor from the Research Division for Molecular & Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Honorary Clinical Professor Patrick CY WOO from the Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, reported the development of a transferrable and integrative type I CRISPR-based platform.

23 Jul 2021

Largest study identifies causal genetic variants associated with type 1 diabetes risk

Scientists have completed the largest and most diverse genetic study of type 1 diabetes ever undertaken, identifying new drug targets to treat a condition that affects 1.3 million American adults.

23 Jul 2021

Study reveals SARS-CoV-2 variant is less sensitive to inhibition by antibodies

SARS-CoV-2 is still a major threat to humankind. The constant emergence of variants makes the threat made by the virus difficult to estimate. The SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617 spread in India and gave rise to the Delta variant, B.1.617.2, which is now dominant in numerous countries.

23 Jul 2021

Antibodies and Immunology News and Research

Latest Antibodies and Immunology News and Research

Researchers identify inhibitor that converts immune cold cancer to red hot ones

Study exhibits single cell type map of human tissues

Analyses of DNA tags may lead to better understanding of treatment approaches for cancers

Study shows promising results for treating muscular dystrophies with umbilical cord-derived MSCs

Study: Biomarker can predict response to immunotherapies in breast cancer patients

T cell-depleted macaques can mount potent memory responses against SARS-CoV-2

New advancement could improve immune system’s ability to search, destroy tumor

New formulation to administer antibodies for choroidal neovascularization therapy

Research group analyzes methods to tackle antibiotic resistance

Study proposes methods to purge unstable regulatory T cells

Researchers develop repository showcasing antibody activity on spike protein variants

Study employs llama nanobodies to hunt human cytomegalovirus

Cell-analysis method could pave the way for new strategies to fight tuberculosis

New transferrable and integrative type I CRISPR-based platform to efficiently edit superbugs

Largest study identifies causal genetic variants associated with type 1 diabetes risk

Study reveals SARS-CoV-2 variant is less sensitive to inhibition by antibodies

Research identifies vitamin C as a key ingredient for immune cell function

SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617 can infect lung and intestinal cells more efficiently than the original virus

Cell couriers offer clue to how cancers metastasize into secondary tumors

L452R mutation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is involved in cellular immunity evasion

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