Immune System: is the body's defense against infectious organisms and other invaders. The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect the body.
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DATE: September 27, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET Thienopyrazole derivatives have recently emerged as effective antitumoral agents with kinase inhibitory activity. In this s...
DATE: September 19, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET Cancer research continues to push the boundaries with new advancements in tissue analysis and biomarker detection. Now, more...
With humans pushing to live further off Earth for longer periods of time, it is increasingly important to understand the changes that occur in biological systems during spaceflight whether th...
DATE: September 10, 2019TIME: 8:00am PTNext generation sequencing of the immune repertoire allows detailed, sequence-specific insight into the immune system’s adaptive response...
DATE: August 27, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Immunotherapies targeting PD-1 or PD-L1 have proven remarkably effective for treating cancer in some patients, with considerabl...
DATE: August 15, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Radiation therapy is a critical tool for the treatment of brain tumors, however, exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation...
DATE: July 31, 2019TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET The choroid plexus, which makes up the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in the central nervous system (CNS), lines the ventricle...
DATE: July 24, 2019TIMEL 8:00am PT Mass cytometry (CyTOF®) is a powerful approach to characterize the immune composition of complex biological specimens and gain insights in...
Tissues in the body are wonderfully organized, with specific arrangements of cells, extracellular matrix, secreted molecules, and fluid flow that synergize that create emergent functions. How...
Speculations that some form DNA alteration might be utilized by the brain date to the 1960s [1] wherein hypotheses for genomic alterations of germline DNA were proposed for immunoglobulins an...
Recent evidence indicates that the immunoglobulin (IG) gene loci reside within the most complex and variable regions of the human genome, characterized by elevated levels of single nucleotide...
“Emerging infections” are those that appear suddenly or are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range (e.g., HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome [MER...