Tag: Immune system
Genomics can help insect farmers avoid pitfalls of domestication
Christine Picard, Indiana University and Hector Rosche-Flores, Indiana University
Insects are becoming increasingly popular to grow on farms as...
Mitochondria can sense bacteria and trigger your immune system to trap...
Andrew Monteith, University of Tennessee
Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are...
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...
Your immune system makes its own antiviral drug − and it’s...
Neil Marsh, University of Michigan
Antiviral drugs are generally considered to be a 20th century invention. But recent research...
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...
Bile acids and gut microbes could potentially treat multiple sclerosis, according...
Andrea Merchak, University of Virginia
Multiple sclerosis is characterized by an immune system gone haywire. A patient’s immune system...
Nasal vaccines promise to stop the COVID-19 virus before it gets...
Michael W. Russell, University at Buffalo
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines have played a large role in preventing...
What is inflammation? Two immunologists explain how the body responds to...
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
When your body fights off an...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
