mRNA therapy turns back the clock
As people age, immune cells called T cells tend to decline both in quantity and in quality. Credit:…
This scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbish
Detectives often find important clues by digging through rubbish. That approach paid off tremendously for systems biologist Yifat…
Nevada Health Centers and Javara seeking participants for clinical trial | Local News
Nevada Health Centers, a federal Qualified Community Health Center (QCHC), and Javara, a research organization, continue to bring…
Stanford Medicine scientists tie lupus to a virus nearly all of us carry
Oddly, about 20% of the B cells in our bodies are autoreactive. They target antigens belonging to our…
Epigenetic editing enables safer and more effective T cell therapies
Arc Institute, Gladstone Institutes, and University of California, San Francisco, scientists have developed an epigenetic editing platform that…
EHD confirmed in deer deaths on Flathead Reservation | Montana News
FLATHEAD RESERVATION, Mont. — A virus known as Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, or EHD, has been confirmed in deer…
Tip Sheet: Expert insights into full-body MRIs and multi-cancer detection tests, breastmilk antibodies — and progress in AI for cancer research
SEATTLE — Oct. 7, 2025 — Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutch Cancer Center research findings, patient…
NLRP3 inflammasome and hearing loss: from mechanisms to therapies | Journal of Neuroinflammation
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) affects approximately 1.5 billion people globally. Approximately 430 million of these patients require rehabilitation…
Swapping old immune cells in the brain with fresh ones could treat disease
After a mouse received treatment to eliminate immune cells called microglia, it was injected with human progenitor cells…
Newfound immune cell in mice hints at why inflammation spikes with old age
Macrophages, which hoover up pathogens, have been implicated in the chronic inflammation that sets in with the march…
The Rare Mutation That Makes People Immune to Viruses
A rare genetic condition that once looked like a weakness has revealed a hidden strength: immunity against nearly…
Stem Cell Transplants Without Toxic Chemo or Radiation
A Stanford Medicine team has developed a novel antibody-based approach that prepares patients for stem cell transplants without…