Immunology

A Binding Relationship

A Binding Relationship

11.10.2018

Structural Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A Weizmann Institute of Science study shows how a deadly virus gets into cells

The Dark Side of the Bone

The Dark Side of the Bone

09.10.2018

Biochemistry, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Discovery of stem cell light and darkness cycles may advance bone marrow transplantation

cell cultures grown at different densities

Game of Clones: Team Huddles for T Cells

21.06.2018

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

When helper T cells get together, they plan an immune strategy for the long and the short term

Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor

Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

30.05.2018

Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer

Proteins involved in the intestinal barrier of the mouse colon (E-cadherein in green)

The Obesity-Infection Connection

14.05.2018

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Bacteria in our guts complete this triangle

microbiome influences

Genetics or Lifestyle: What Is It That Shapes our Microbiome?

27.02.2018

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A study brings new hope for improving our health

Kobi Abramson and mTEC

“Selfie” Cells Help Reveal Protein Secrets

08.02.2018

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

A new method enables researchers to observe interactions between proteins that normally exist in minute amounts

Rejection and lack of rejection

Immune Tolerance May Open New Horizons for Bone Marrow and Organ Transplants

05.02.2018

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

An anticancer drug keeps recipient T cells from attacking donor cells

(l-r) Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval, Prof. Drew Pardoll and Dr. Rony Dahan

Visits: An Interview with Prof. Drew Pardoll

30.01.2018

Cancer, Immunology

Prof. Pardoll was the keynote speaker at the recent Cancer Immunotherapy symposium sponsored by the Moross Integrated Cancer Center

malaria vesicles

How Malaria Tricks the Immune System

07.12.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

The new study suggest a possible defense in the battle against this deadly disease

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Mucin (magenta) in the inner lining of a mouse colon, viewed under a microscope

Slippery Chaperone: Intestinal Mucus Takes Charge of Copper

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Down to the Synapse: Connecting Brain Circuits to Behavior

Expanding the Limits of the Possible

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