The discovery that immune T cells have a spectrum of responsiveness could shed light on how our immune system responds to infections and cancer, and
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VRAC/LRRC8 chloride channels not only play a decisive role in the transport of cytostatics, amino acids and neurotransmitters. They can also transport the important messenger
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—What are the symptoms? —How deadly is the new coronavirus? —Is there a cure for COVID-19? —How does it compare with seasonal flu? —How does
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The aggravating skin condition eczema is most commonly treated by suppressing the immune system, but not all patients get relief. Now, a drug strategy aimed
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Researchers have shown that microglia, a class of immune cells in the brain, regulate the permeability of the brain’s protective barrier in response to systemic
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Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates in older brains, and that activating these
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Congenic mouse strains—used for decades in immunology research and assumed to be genetically identical outside of a marker locus—have been found to contain previously unrecognized
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The human immune system uses two pre-programmed strategies to tackle infection. One is fever, a resistance mechanism that tries to eliminate a pathogen by raising
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A key immune signal has a previously unknown role in turning off the immune system’s attack on pancreatic cancer cells, a new study finds. Led
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered how a brief disruption to a molecular pathway in the guts of mice before they are born
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