Thema: Abwehrsystem
Your skin has a built-in cancer defense and sunlight turns it off
Scientists have uncovered how too much sunlight can flip a hidden switch inside skin cells that makes inflammation spiral out of control and increases...
Electricity reprograms immune cells to speed up recovery
By electrically stimulating macrophages, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to calm inflammation and promote faster healing. The process turns these...
Wichtige Abwehrkräfte – Sechs Gewürze stärken Ihr Immunsystem
Wer sein Immunsystem unterstützen möchte, der muss nicht unbedingt auf Präparate aus der Apotheke zurückgreifen. Diese Gewürze schmecken nicht nur hervorragend, sondern stärken zugleich...
Scientists finally explain the real reason pregnant women get morning sickness
Morning sickness isn’t just random misery—it’s a biological defense system shaped by evolution to protect the fetus. By linking immune responses to nausea and...
A tiny chemistry hack just made mRNA vaccines safer, stronger, and smarter
What if mRNA vaccines could be made more powerful and less irritating? Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to do...
Parkinson’s may begin decades earlier — and your immune system might know first
Misbehaving T cells light up long before Parkinson’s symptoms show, zeroing in on vulnerable brain proteins. Their early surge could double as an alarm bell and a target for stop-it-early treatments.
Diagnosing Parkinson’s using a blood-based genetic signature
Researchers have identify a set of biomarkers that could someday make it easy to spot the disease in a patient's blood sample.
Impfungen und auch eifreie Lebensmittel können Ei-Proteine enthalten
Vorsicht für Menschen mit Eiallergie: verschiedene eifreie Lebensmittel und Impfstoffe können versteckte Eip-Proteine enthalten. Auch wenn ein Produkt als eifrei gekennzeichnet ist, können dennoch...
Natural killer cells remember and effectively target ovarian cancer
Researchers have uncovered a unique ability of a special subtype of natural killer cells in the immune system, called adaptive NK cells, to remember ovarian tumors and effectively attack them. The discovery could pave the way for new, more powerful immunotherapies for difficult-to-treat cancers.
Understanding the immune response to a persistent pathogen
Researchers show that the immune system can recognize and control the latent stage of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, a finding that can inform the study of latency in other infections of the nervous system.