Until a few years ago there was no talk of curing HIV. Research focused on making anti-HIV drugs better, trying to find a vaccine or understanding why they didn’t seem to be working. Another area was public…
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Targeting of specific cells has been found to reverse the effects of cancer on the immune system. In a study conducted by…
Peptide molecules that are derived from the body’s own immune system can help fight against blood poisoning. Blood poisoning…
Immune system cells, called T-cells, fight foreign tissue which often results in the rejection of transplanted organs, researchers…
The death of immune system cells is an important safeguard against the development of autoimmune diseases, according to new…
The first ever “atlas” of T cells in the human body has been created, providing a unique view of how the cells function in…
An immune system “kill switch” that destroys blood stem cells when the body is under severe stress could have implications…
A gene responsible for initiating immune response could have implications for treatment of chronic infections such as HIV…
Researchers have learnt that a common childhood virus disables the immunity infants naturally receive from breast milk, resulting…
Scientists have discovered the origin of a group of skin-deep immune cells that act as the first line of defence against…
A new way to regulate the body’s natural immune response has been discovered in a new study. The new approach focuses on…
Patients may be able to fight cancer in the future using their body’s own immune system. Scientists have engineered a protein…
Drugs administered for treatment of serious conditions inadvertently target the immune system making the body’s own tissue…
A new anti-inflammatory drug that prevents the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage could help…
Seasonal allergies such as hay fever may be a sign that your immune system is doing its job. “Type 2 immunity”, which battles…
Lab results have found that cloned cheek cells can keep the immune system from using lymphocytes to harm the body. Lymphocytes…
Researchers have found that a specific gene is responsible for the function of the immune system, and may be blocked or amplified…
Scientists have shown for the first time that certain cells circulating in human blood – monocytes – are extremely sensitive…
Every year at the beginning of October, a frisson runs through the global medical research community. Who will win the greatest lottery of them all, the Nobel Prize for Medicine? In a cynical and sceptical…
We know, because it’s big news, that drug-resistant infections are on the rise globally. But could Australian mammals hold the key to a fightback? Our current crop of antibiotics is in danger of becoming…
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor in Immunology, University of Manchester
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Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University
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Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, University of Nottingham
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan