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A new heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine has delivered strong preclinical results. The vaccine can remain stable for up to 30 days at around 37 °C (98 °F) and researchers are looking to begin human trials later this year.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTa… Continue reading New heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine readies for human trials
With successful vaccines helping prevent hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 scientists are racing to understand the long-term effects of this novel disease. Dubbed “long COVID”, a handful of new studies are beginning to shed light on this unusua… Continue reading New long COVID studies warn we’re still in “uncharted territory”
Investigating the relationship between diet, gut bacteria and systemic inflammation, a team of Stanford University researchers has found just a few weeks of following a diet rich in fermented foods can lead to improvements in microbiome diversity and r… Continue reading Fermented vs. high-fiber diet microbiome study delivers surprising results
Investigating the relationship between diet, gut bacteria and systemic inflammation, a team of Stanford University researchers has found just a few weeks of following a diet rich in fermented foods can lead to improvements in microbiome diversity and r… Continue reading Fermented vs. high-fiber diet microbiome study delivers surprising results
When will COVID-19 vaccine booster shots be necessary? Pfizer has recently claimed a third booster dose of its vaccine may be needed six to 12 months after full vaccination but not everyone is convinced, with new research finding mRNA vaccines could of… Continue reading To boost or not to boost? The big COVID-19 vaccine question
New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging is demonstrating a new tool that can calculate a person’s immune system age. The findings suggest tracking the degree of low-grade chronic inflamm… Continue reading Tool that calculates immune system age could predict frailty and disease
An impressive new study from a team of Australian researchers has identified the novel mechanism behind immune exhaustion. The findings point to a treatment method that could improve the success of cancer immunotherapy and help patients beat back sever… Continue reading Understanding “marathon” cells key to waking up exhausted immune system
It’s hard to overstate the incredible influence our gut microbiome has on our health. Now, researchers have found that certain metabolites from intestinal bacteria could boost the cancer-killing effect of immunotherapy.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical… Continue reading Microbiome metabolites may boost cancer immunotherapy effectiveness
Researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden have made a breakthrough in the arms race that is cancer immunotherapy. The team has blocked a protein that silences an important tumor-suppressing protein, allowing the latter to get back to work.Continue … Continue reading Cancer immunotherapy breakthrough reactivates tumor suppressor protein
A new study from Stanford University researchers has found previous recent exposure to common coronaviruses could help explain why some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 only suffer mild symptoms. The research showed specific immune cells from patients w… Continue reading Mild COVID-19 symptoms linked to prior exposure to the common cold