Immunology

Surprising Players in Acute Liver Failure Point to Potential Treatment

Surprising Players in Acute Liver Failure Point to Potential Treatment

26.10.2020

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

Gut microbes and host cells jointly contribute to the progression of this mostly incurable disease

Travel Ban on Immune Cells Could Prevent Sepsis

Travel Ban on Immune Cells Could Prevent Sepsis

24.09.2020

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

Lactate, thought to be a byproduct of cell respiration, plays a central role in the potentially lethal immune reaction

bilharzia

Fewer Infections, More Allergies: Finding the Connection

03.06.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

“Packages” released by bilharzia parasites may hold the key to better diagnosis and treatment, and may point to new ways of treating autoimmune...

endocrine glands

Paying the Price of Protection

19.05.2020

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

A new model of autoimmune disease may solve some great outstanding riddles, including what causes T cells to attack and why only certain organs get...

Antibody niche

How to Neutralize the Coronavirus: Learning from the Body

12.05.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Making copies of existing antibodies could be fast track to treatment

Irit Sagi

The Israel Institute for Biological Research and the Weizmann Institute of Science Collaborate to Fight Coronavirus

06.05.2020

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A milestone in relations between the two institutes could advance a cure

Nir London

Israeli-American-British Labs and Biotech Partner to Speed Coronavirus Drug Development

04.05.2020

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

An international initiative aims to identify compounds that target a key enzyme in the virus's life cycle

antibodies against ebola virus

Ebola Antibodies at Work

07.10.2019

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Scientists in Israel and Germany show, on the molecular level, how an experimental vaccine offers long-term protection against the disease

infected bacteria

The Basic Bacterial Defense

26.09.2019

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Evolution and Development

A newly-discovered immune system in bacteria is the distance ancestor of one in our own cells

gut bacteria

Gut Microbes May Affect the Course of ALS

22.07.2019

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patients

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