Active Immune Response

Researchers identified functionally relevant risk factors for pediatric primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in African American children, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

In a study of kidney transplant patients who showed no immune response to two SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, 39% developed antibodies within 4 weeks of a third dose.

Poor sleep quality and duration can drive inflammatory and antiviral immune responses, which, in turn, often exacerbate sleep disturbances, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.