Immunology News: New Sheriff in Town: Immune Cells Found to Regulate Immune Response and Avoid Autoimmunity & more...

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New Sheriff in Town: Immune Cells Found to Regulate Immune Response and Avoid Autoimmunity

Our immune systems develop to recognize what is foreign within our bodies. As immune cells are generated in the bone marrow and mature in other locations, they undergo processes that instruct which cells and tissues are ‘self’ vs ...

New Antibody Improves Treatment for Black Fungus

Mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’, is a fungal infection affecting the sinuses, lungs, brain, and skin. The fungal infection is rare but can be fatal for those with a weakened immune system. Those that contract black fungus unknowingly inhale spores from different molds, including Rhizopus, Mucor, and ...

A Key Trigger of Immune Overactivity is IDed

The immune system is crucial to our health. It must sense pathogens and respond to these threats effectively. But the immune system also has to be carefully controlled. If it starts to attack healthy tissues, overreacts to an infection, or is constantly causing low-grade inflammation, serious problems can arise ...

A High-Fat Diet Weakens Immunity in a Mouse Model

Obesity rates have been steadily rising around the world for many years. Obesity has been linked to a variety of health problems including metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as well as other issues, like an increased risk of cancer or infection. It is also linked to chronic ...

Fighting Crop Viruses with RNA: A New Era in Plant Protection

What steps can researchers take to combat crop viruses? This is what a recent study published in Nucleic Acids Research hopes to address as a team of researchers from Germany investigated a novel method using RNA to ensure better plant protection and stable crop production. This study has the potential to help ...

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