Neutralizing antibodies targeting HIV-1 Env have now been shown to protect against systemic infection. Recently, scientists from the University of Bochum in Germany and other institutions have discovered through research that HIVRead More…
Even through relying on the immune system of patients, cancer immunotherapy is still far from fully utilizing the entire body’s natural defense system. In fact, most of these treatments only utilize theRead More…
Under the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis of long-standing and equally deadly infectious diseases remains unabated. Although the death rate in 2020 is still being calculated, more than 400,000 people die from malariaRead More…
Vascular dysfunction contributes to the pro-oncogenic tumor microenvironment and impedes the delivery of therapeutic drugs, so normalizing tumor blood vessels may become a potential path. Scientists have developed a new type ofRead More…
Lipid rafts are microstructural domains packed tightly in the plasma membrane and rich in cholesterol and sphingomyelin, which play an important role in many pathophysiological processes. Previously, researchers thought that the lipidRead More…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is still spreading, with devastating consequences for human life and global economic mortality and morbidity. SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted between infectedRead More…
In a new study, an international team led by the University of Bonn identified and further developed the novel single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) against SARS-CoV-2. The researchers also combined these single-domain antibodies intoRead More…
In a recent study, the scientists at UT Southwestern have developed a new method to study the molecular characteristics of T cells. The method, published on Nature Methods, makes it easier forRead More…
Recently, the phase 3 clinical trial results of T cell receptor (TCR) therapy, tebentafusp, have been released. The results showed that it reached the primary endpoint in the treatment of metastatic uvealRead More…
A new study published on eLife shows when T cells in the immune system find and identify targets, they release chemicals to attract more T cells, and then gather to help suppressRead More…