Infection Control Today - Immune Response

Modified Antibodies Trigger Immune Response, Point to Novel Vaccine Design Strategies

In an approach with the potential to aid therapeutic vaccine development, Whitehead Institute scientists have shown that enzymatically modified antibodies can be used to generate highly targeted, potent responses from cells of the immune system. The approach, referred to as ...More

January 7, 2013

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First Ever 'Atlas' of T Cells in Human Body Could Lead to New Vaccine Strategies

By analyzing tissues harvested from organ donors, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have created the first ever “atlas” of immune cells in the human body. Their results provide a unique view of the distribution and function of T lymphocytes in healthy ...More

December 25, 2012

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Researchers Find Age Not a Factor in Immunity to Viruses

Our immune system does not shut down with age, according to a new study led by McMaster University researchers. A study published in PLOS Pathogens today shows a specialized class of immune cells, known as T cells, can respond to viral infections in an older person with the ...More

December 14, 2012

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Researchers Discover How Clostridium difficile Sends Immune Response Into Overdrive

Researchers in the Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have discovered how a common diarrhea-causing bacterium sends the body's natural defenses into overdrive, actually intensifying illness while fighting infection. ...More

November 30, 2012

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Researchers Discover Immune Pathway

Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark have now discovered an important mechanism behind one of our most fundamental lines of immune function. The discovery has been published in the Journal of Immunology. In collaboration with colleagues from the U.S. and Turkey, ...More

November 6, 2012

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Researchers Discover How the Body Uses Vitamin B to Recognize Bacterial Infection

An Australian research team has discovered how specialized immune cells recognize products of vitamin B synthesis that are unique to bacteria and yeast, triggering the body to fight infection. The finding opens up potential targets to improve treatments or to develop a ...More

October 10, 2012

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Early Activation of Immune Response Could Lead to Better Vaccines

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a new “first response” mechanism that the immune system uses to respond to infection. The findings challenge the current understanding of immunity and could lead to new strategies for ...More

September 4, 2012

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Team Creates New View of Body's Infection Response

A new 3-D view of the body’s response to infection — and the ability to identify proteins involved in the response — could point to novel biomarkers and therapeutic agents for infectious diseases. ...More

August 10, 2012

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Why Do Infants Get Sick So Often?

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System are helping to quell parents’ worry about why infants seem to get sick so often. ...More

August 7, 2012

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Bacteria-Immune System 'Fight' Can Lead to Chronic Diseases, Study Suggests

Results from a study conducted at Georgia State University suggest that a "fight" between bacteria normally living in the intestines and the immune system, kicked off by another type of bacteria, may be linked to two types of chronic disease. The study suggests that the ...More

August 2, 2012

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