Tag: Immunology
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...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway...
Lee Rafuse Haines, University of Notre Dame and Pilar Pérez Romero, University of Notre Dame
Humans have an exceptional...
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...
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...
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...
HIV therapies currently need to be taken regularly for life –...
Ronald C. Desrosiers, University of Miami
Antiretroviral therapy has had an enormous impact on treating HIV infections around the...
Untangling tattoos’ influence on immune response
Christopher D. Lynn, University of Alabama
I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
