A universal 'instruction manual' helps immune cells protect our organs

Researchers at the University of Liège have identified a key genetic regulator that enables macrophages to reach full ...

This Genetic Switch Helps Immune Cells Protect Your Organs

A single genetic “switch” may be the secret to how the body’s cleanup crew grows up and keeps our organs running smoothly.
News Medical

Immunity conferred by COVID-19 vaccines in solid organ transplant recipients

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers estimated the humoral immunity imparted by the two/three doses of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ...
KUOW

A 3rd Dose Of COVID Vaccines May Boost Immunity For Transplant Recipients

A small new study offers a glimmer of hope that giving organ transplants recipients a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine could boost their protection against the coronavirus. That's important, because ...
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Genetically modified immune cell could help organ transplant patients who are prone to rejection

A Medical University of South Carolina team reports in Frontiers in Immunology that it has engineered a new type of genetically modified immune cell that can precisely target and neutralize ...
Fred Hutch

‘Black hole’ formed by aging cells hobbles key immune organ’s function, regeneration

Scientists hoping to discover better ways to boost immune function — which could lengthen our healthspan and protect immunocompromised patients — may have a new target, according to findings published ...
New Atlas

Immune cell infusions could help prevent organ rejection

Organ transplants save lives, but unfortunately rejection is a key hurdle. Now scientists have demonstrated a potential new way to prime a recipient’s immune system to accept a transplanted organ, by ...
Chicago Tribune

Organ transplant patients remain vulnerable as country struggles to reach herd immunity. ‘It’s an act of patriotism to get the vaccine.’

Even though she is fully vaccinated, Barbara Creed can’t yet visit her grandchildren in Texas. Creed is among thousands for whom the vaccine is less effective because she has received an organ ...
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Teaching the immune system a new trick could one day level the organ transplant playing field

Dr. Leondo Ferreira of the Medical University of South Carolina takes patient samples obtained from University Hospital La Paz in Madrid, Spain from a liquid nitrogen tank. A Medical University of ...
Science Daily

T cells manipulate the memory of innate immune cells

Research reveals that T cells from the adaptive immune system can manipulate the memory of innate immune cells. Previously, it was believed that the memory of innate immune cells operated ...
The Union Democrat

Organ transplant patients remain vulnerable as country struggles to reach herd immunity. ‘It’s an act of patriotism to get the vaccine’ | Lifestyle | uniondemocrat.com

CHICAGO –Even though she is fully vaccinated, Barbara Creed can’t yet visit her grandchildren in Texas. Creed is among thousands for whom the vaccine is less effective because she has received an ...