Scientists find key to strengthening immune response to chronic infection
A team of researchers from The Wistar Institute has identified a protein that could serve as a target for reprogramming immune system cells exhausted by exposure to chronic viral infection into more...
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In an acute viral infection, most of the white blood cells known as T cells differentiate into cells that fight the virus and die off in the process. But a few of these "effector" T cells survive and...
View ArticleScientists determine atomic structure of Lassa fever viral protein
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have determined the atomic structure of a protein that the Lassa fever virus uses to make copies of itself within infected cells.
View ArticleFresh cells can pep talk immune cells exhausted by HIV or hepatitis C
Chronic infections by viruses such as HIV or hepatitis C eventually take hold because they wear the immune system out, a phenomenon immunologists describe as exhaustion.
View ArticleONPRC researchers discover new method to create safe and effective vaccines
While vaccines are perhaps medicine's most important success story, there is always room for improvement. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon National Primate Research Center...
View ArticleMDA5 molecule plays a critical role in fighting viral infections
Researchers have identified the primary player of the biochemical bugle call that musters the body's defenders against viral infection.
View ArticleResearchers identify primary player of the biochemical bugle call
Researchers have identified the primary player of the biochemical bugle call that musters the body's defenders against viral infection.
View ArticleSingle protein determines persistence of viral infection
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shown a single protein can make the difference between an infection clearing out of the body or persisting for life. The results also show where the...
View ArticleDrug molecules designed for influenza may be adapted to treat other viruses
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study shows how compounds blocking an enzyme universal to all influenza viruses may allow development of new antiviral drugs that also avoid the problem of drug...
View ArticleFindings highlight importance of IL-21 in the development of antiviral vaccines
Scientists at Emory Vaccine Center have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral infections.
View ArticleInterferon Type I immune proteins key drivers of human hemorrhagic fevers
Hemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa, dengue and other viruses affect more than one million people annually and are often fatal, yet scientists have never understood why only some virus-infected people...
View ArticlePenn Medicine researchers explore primary player involved in T cell exhaustion
Sometimes even cells get tired. When the T cells of your immune system are forced to deal over time with cancer or a chronic infection such as HIV or hepatitis C, they can develop 'T cell exhaustion,'...
View ArticleTSRI study reveals important traits in LCMV, Lassa virus
For the first time, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have solved the structure of the biological machinery used by a common virus to recognize and attack human host cells.
View ArticleSBP scientists discover new regulator of immune responses
Research led by scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has identified a new regulator of immune responses. The study, published recently in Immunity, sheds new light on...
View ArticleMetabolic-checkpoint inhibitor combination approach may improve cancer therapies
Reprogramming of the molecular pathways underlying normal metabolism is essential for T cell infection-fighting function and for the immune system to form a "memory" of the microbes it has already...
View ArticleTSRI researchers uncover mechanism behind T cell exhaustion
In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic viral infections, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered a mechanism behind a phenomenon called “T...
View ArticleSuppressed vaginal immune response makes women more susceptible to RNA viruses
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that the vaginal immune system is suppressed in response to RNA viruses, such as Zika.
View ArticleResearch findings could lead to development of novel therapeutic approaches...
Life is a question of balance, and the body is no exception. Expression levels of certain proteins can affect the immune system's ability to neutralize a virus.
View ArticleExperimental treatment tempers HLH, MS symptoms in mouse models, study shows
Immune diseases like multiple sclerosis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis unleash destructive waves of inflammation on the body, causing death or a lifetime of illness and physical impairment.
View ArticleSwiss scientists create artificial viruses to combat cancer cells
Swiss scientists from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and the University of Basel have created artificial viruses that can be used to target cancer.
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