Tag: Immune system
CRISPR can help combat the troubling immune response against gene therapy
Samira Kiani, University of Pittsburgh
One of the major challenges facing gene therapy - a way to treat disease by replacing a patient’s defective genes...
IBD: How a class of killer T cells goes rogue in...
John Chang, University of California San Diego
Between 6 and 8 million people worldwide suffer from inflammatory bowel disease, a group of chronic intestinal disorders...
Honey bees can’t practice social distancing, so they stay healthy in...
Rachael Bonoan, Providence College and Phil Starks, Tufts University
As many states and cities across the U.S. struggle to control COVID-19 transmission, one challenge is...
Am I immune to COVID-19 if I have antibodies?
William Petri, University of Virginia
Perhaps the most important question now about COVID-19 is the degree to which a prior infection protects from a second...
What needs to go right to get a coronavirus vaccine in...
Marcos E. García-Ojeda, University of California, Merced
I, like many Americans, miss the pre-pandemic world of hugging family and friends, going to work and having...
Antibodies in the blood of COVID-19 survivors know how to beat...
Ann Sheehy, College of the Holy Cross
Amid the chaos of an epidemic, those who survive a disease like COVID-19 carry within their bodies the...
Do I have to wear a jacket when it’s cold outside?
Carolyn Kaloostian, University of Southern California
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
Feeling sick is an emotion meant to help you get better...
Joshua Schrock, University of Oregon
You know what it’s like to be sick. You feel fatigued, maybe a little depressed, less hungry than usual, more...
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
