(HealthDay)—It seems like common sense for people who've had COVID-19 to think they now have natural immunity, and therefore don't have to bother getting vaccinated.
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As someone who studies immune responses to respiratory infections, I've watched news of the emerging coronavirus variants with concern. I wondered whether vaccination or previous infection would provide protection against ...
Jul 14, 2021
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The immune system is a complex balancing act; if it overreacts or underreacts to foreign molecules, there can be serious health consequences.
May 20, 2021
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An international consortium that includes researchers at Karolinska Institutet has developed a double antibody that targets two sites of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, thereby preventing the virus from mutating to resist the therapy. ...
Mar 25, 2021
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The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB; Bellinzona, Switzerland), affiliated with the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) has developed a second-generation double antibody that protects against SARS-CoV-2, the ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia accounts for one in five adult leukemias, and is the most common pediatric cancer in the United States. While new immune therapies have helped improve survival rates, some patients are unresponsive ...
Jul 29, 2019
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In the quest to develop a vaccine that triggers the immune system to prevent HIV infection, researchers have focused on identifying and eliciting a particular type of antibody that is capable of neutralizing the virus.
Sep 27, 2018
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Our immune system's arsenal of defenses usually protects us from cancer. But sometimes, cancer cells overwhelm or evade this elaborate defense system.
May 30, 2018
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Dr. Robert Britton firmly believes every molecule is important. This chemist doesn't want any molecule sitting unused on a laboratory shelf or in a fridge.
May 17, 2018
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During some kinds of blood donations, you get most of your blood back. For example, platelet donation involves a procedure in which donor blood is filtered to harvest the platelets for medical use and the rest of the blood ...
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