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Indiana University researchers have identified how two immune receptors coordinate closely to trigger a powerful response against fungal invaders, which could help advance research on cancer therapies.

Channels: All Journal News, Cancer, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Immunology, Grant Funded News,

Keywords: Cancer, Immunotherapy, Immunotherapeutics, Biochemistry, Cells

The holidays can be tough to navigate for those with allergies and asthma. There are steps you can take to make your celebrations more fun and joy-filled for the whole family.

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Keywords: Holiday Advice, Allergies, Asthma, Allergist

Seattle Children’s Research Institute is one of three recipients of $30 million in first-year-funding provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to establish centers for immunology research to accelerate progress in tuberculosis vaccine development.

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Keywords: Tuberculosis

Wistar and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) formalized a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions to explore a postdoctoral training exchange program in immunology, cancer research and vaccine biology. The Wistar-Schoemaker International Postdoctoral Fellowship would bring recent Ph.D. graduates trained at LUMC to Wistar to advance their research education under the mentorship of cutting-edge biomedical research leaders.

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Keywords: Research Education, Biomedical Research, Global collaboration

A new study finds that e-cigarette vapor weakens the mobility and function of immune cells designed to fight infection. This reduced ability may increase the risk of bacterial illnesses in people who vape. The research is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Cell Physiology.

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Keywords: Physiology, e-cigarette, E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury, Immune System, Neutrophil, Lung Disease

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have discovered a promising method to identify aggressive breast cancer tumors that will respond to drugs that unleash the immune system against cancer.

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Keywords: Breast Cancer, triple negative breast cancer, Immunotherapy, checkpoint inhibitor

Scientists have reported a new approach to treating lung cancer with inhaled nanoparticles developed at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.

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Keywords: Nanoparticle, Cancer, Lung Cancer

If the saying that two heads are better than one is true, then joining two fields of science may be better than one to spur more advances in medicine. With a $6.7 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers will bring together immunologists, oncologists and biomedical engineers in an effort to build new tools to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases.

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Keywords: Jonathan Schneck, JH-TIE, immunoengineering

In a study of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, recruited macrophages with increased mevalonate-pathway flux were able induce lung fibrosis in mice without any prior lung injury. In humans, three hallmarks of the fibrosis mechanism were also found in bronchoalveolar cells from IPF patients.

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Keywords: Ideopathic pulmonary fibrosis, IPF, Monocyte, macrophage activation , Lung Disease, reactive oxygen species (ROS) , alveolar macrophages , r, Fibroblast, Myofibroblasts, Fibrosis

UAB pediatric rheumatologist Randy Cron gets calls from doctors around the globe asking if their patients have cytokine storm syndrome. Now he has co-authored the first textbook on this mysterious and deadly condition with his former trainee.

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Keywords: cytokine storm, cytokine storm syndrome, cytokine research, cytokine regulation, cytokine interleukin-10, cytokine abscission, macrophage activation syndrome, macrophage activation , hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) , HLH, perforin, Immunology, cytotoxic T-cells, granzyme B, perforin-associated genes