The gut microflora plays a pivotal role in the overall well-being of all living organisms. Like their multifaceted and beneficial role in humans, the role of the gut microbiome in maintaining health, behavior, and ecology ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2024
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Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago have engineered tiny, spinning micro-robots that bind to immune cells to probe their function. The robot, ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 21, 2024
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a more effective way of creating nanotherapeutic vaccines and medicines, according to a new study published in ACS Nano.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 31, 2023
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A team of scientists has developed a new solution for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The work has been published in Nature Nanotechnology.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 26, 2023
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Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are revolutionizing the therapy of cancer. They can be flexibly developed in a short period of time, allowing transient expression of multiple antigens for safe and efficient immunization. A ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2023
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Human immune cells are capable of coordinating their own movement more independently than previously thought. InFLAMES researcher Jonna Alanko has discovered that immune cells do not just passively follow the chemical cues ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 6, 2023
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Investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have designed an innovative RNA-based strategy to activate dendritic cells—which play a key role in immune response—that eradicated tumors and prevented their ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2023
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Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle—an extremely tiny biodegradable container—that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 28, 2023
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In addition to an antigen, many vaccines also contain substances, called adjuvants, which stimulate the immune system. By using computer-aided molecular design and machine learning, a Chinese research team has now developed ...
Biochemistry
Mar 27, 2023
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Cancer immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint inhibition therapy, have been attracting attention in recent years as new methods for treating cancer. However, immune checkpoint inhibition therapy is only effective in 20%–30% ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 31, 2022
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