Nasal viruses may drive allergic rhinitis, and ribavirin shows early promise as a targeted spray treatment
A new study suggests that clearing symptom-driving nasal viruses could calm allergic inflammation and open a fresh treatment…
Yale study offers critical clues for future norovirus treatments
As the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide, norovirus is an all too familiar ailment. Its telltale digestive…
Spermidine supplement improves COVID 19 vaccine response in older adults
As we age, the immune system gradually declines and becomes less effective at responding to infections and vaccines.…
Chronic stress helps tumors evade immune attack through gut microbes
Chronic psychological stress can help tumors evade immune attack through a chain of molecular events involving gut bacteria…
Prime and pull vaccine approach prevents genital herpes infection
Genital herpes is a lifelong infection. While available treatments can manage symptoms, they cannot cure the infection or…
Synthetic gut communities reveal how diet rewires the microbiome
By simplifying the gut’s microbial complexity, synthetic communities could help scientists pinpoint how specific foods influence microbial function,…
Study highlights variable synbiotic relationship of prebiotics and probiotics
Adults with obesity who consumed a dietary fiber supplement had positive effects on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and…
Scientists reveal how cGAS-STING fuels brain inflammation and neurodegeneration
A major immune pathway once known for detecting DNA damage is now being linked to brain aging, glial…
Modified injectable vaccine shows promise for complete polio eradication
In the United States, children routinely receive an injectable form of the polio vaccine. This vaccine is very…
Stanford scientists map the molecular diversity of different global populations
Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found that ethnicity and geography may influence human molecular makeup…
Why H2N2 flu is back on the pandemic preparedness radar
Decades after H2N2 vanished from humans, declining immunity and persistent animal reservoirs are renewing calls for stockpile-ready vaccines…
Fibroblast subtype found to be essential for coordinating immune cells within lymph nodes
The research group of Prof. Sanjiv Luther at the Department of Immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has…