Rice enzyme OsPLC4 triggers Ca²⁺ and ROS bursts to drive ferroptotic cell death in immune response

A research team at Sejong University's Plant Immunity Laboratory, led by Professor Nam-Soo Jwa, has uncovered an important ...
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This scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbish

Detectives often find important clues by digging through rubbish. That approach paid off tremendously for systems biologist ...

New antibody boosts immune response against blood cancers and solid cancers

In a recent preclinical study, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed an antibody ...

Q&A: Why understanding stem cells is the root of treating diseases from psoriasis to cancer

Your skin is in a constant state of reinvention. Every month, your body sheds and regenerates its entire outer layer—a ...
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Poor dietary iron weakens lung memory T cells after flu infection

Dietary iron deficiency in mice alters lung T cell activation during influenza infection and leads to memory T cells that are ...
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Protein network locks ABCC4 transporters in place to maintain cyclic AMP signaling levels

When a cell receives a message from outside, it generates a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) to relay this message. To ...
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How tick saliva reprograms the skin’s immune defenses

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has gained new insights into how ticks influence the human immune ...
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Stem-like CD8+ T cells preserve HBV-specific responses in HBV/HIV co-infection

Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection disproportionately affects people living with HIV, who are often excluded from functional cure studies. Objective This study investigates CD8+ T ...