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Bacteria in saliva can induce protective antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

Important interaction between the oral microbiota and the immune system, especially in relation to vaccination

17-Nov-2023 - Scientists from the DRFZ have shown that a commensal bacteria found in saliva can regulate the immune response generated following vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These findings were published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe and show the importance of the cross talk between the oral ...

Resident T cells detected in lymph nodes

31-Oct-2023 - Unlike previously known, certain T cells remain in lymph nodes for a longer period of time and store information about immune reactions there. Researchers at the University of Würzburg and the University Hospital Aachen have now discovered this. The immune system is fast when it comes to ...

Novel protein to prevent immune system attacks on own body

1.2 million euros for immunology start-up

24-Oct-2023 - Ulm-based company founders Dr. Arthur Dopler and Matteo Mohr receive 1.2 million euros for two years from the EXIST research transfer program. The federal and EU funding program supports start-up projects that involve a high level of risk and development effort. The funded project involves a ...

SARS-CoV-2: Alert immune system in the respiratory tract protects children from severe courses of the disease

But why is it that children's nasal mucosa is so much better prepared to defend against SARS-CoV-2?

20-Oct-2023 - Why are severe courses of SARS-CoV-2 infection less common in children and adolescents than in adults? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now discovered that the immune system in the upper respiratory tract is much more alert and active ...

Scientists Find an Unusual Weapon Against Virus

Boosting Weak Immune System

19-Oct-2023 - Infections with cytomegalovirus (CMV) are extremely common and often pose no major threat to the vast majority of people. They can however be deadly for people whose immune system is weakened, e.g., after bone marrow transplantation. Current treatments against CMV infections are very limited and ...

Do bacteria make you fat?

Prizewinner Maria Luisa Balmer is looking for answers

19-Oct-2023 - The winner of this year’s Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize is Maria Luisa Balmer. The SNSF is awarding her the prize for her research into intestinal bacteria and their role in the development of diabetes and morbid obesity. In Switzerland, approximately one child in six is overweight, and the number is ...

Immune system ageing can be revealed by CT scan

Thymus may play a bigger role in the immune system of adults than was previously believed

18-Oct-2023 - Thymus, a small and relatively unknown organ, may play a bigger role in the immune system of adults than was previously believed. With age, the glandular tissue in the thymus is replaced by fat, but, according to a new study from LiU, the rate at which this happens is linked to sex, age and ...

Coronavirus vaccination: body builds immune memory in organs

Memory cells in the liver, kidneys, and lungs

13-Oct-2023 - One shot in the arm, and the whole body is protected. But how? For one thing, the immune system produces antibodies and cells that patrol the entire organism by traveling through the bloodstream. For another, as shown by a recent Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin study of the mRNA coronavirus ...

Does dirt not protect against allergies after all?

New study raises doubts about hygiene hypothesis

12-Oct-2023 - Does playing in dirt really make children healthier and protect against allergies? The new study conducted by a team of researchers at FAU and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm has now raised doubts about this assumption. The researchers have published their findings in the research magazine ...

Defense against the enemy within

Scientists discover a new enzyme that helps cells fight genomic parasites

02-Oct-2023 - The research teams of Professor René Ketting at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany, and Dr. Sebastian Falk at the Max Perutz Labs in Vienna, Austria, have identified a new enzyme called PUCH, which plays a key role in preventing the spread of parasitic DNA in our genomes. ...