Tag: Cytokines
An itching paradox – a molecule that triggers the urge to scratch...
Marlys Fassett, University of California, San Francisco
Itching can be uncomfortable, but it’s a normal part of your skin’s...
Several Down syndrome features may be linked to a hyperactive antiviral...
Joaquin Espinosa, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
People with Down syndrome, or trisomy 21, a genetic condition caused...
Sepsis is one of the most expensive medical conditions in the...
Alexander (Sasha) Poltorak, Tufts University and Hayley Muendlein, Tufts University
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition arising from the body’s...
Anti-cancer CAR-T therapy reengineers T cells to kill tumors – and...
Gregory Allen, University of California, San Francisco
Teaching the body’s immune cells to recognize and fight cancer is one...
‘Masked’ cancer drug stealthily trains immune system to kill tumors while...
Aslan Mansurov, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Many cancer treatments are notoriously savage on the body....
What the flu does to your body, and why it makes...
Laura Haynes, University of Connecticut
Every year, from 5 to 20 percent of the people in the United States will become infected with influenza virus....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
