Immune System

Researchers using RNA sequencing have identified unique cell and immune system signatures in tissue samples of children with congenital heart disease, offering a rare opportunity to better understand the origins of a complex disease.

An infant believed to be the first to receive a combination heart transplant and allogeneic processed thymus tissue implant is gaining immune function 6 months after the procedures, potentially reducing the need for antirejection drugs.

There is a complex interplay between the immune system and the gut microbiota, according to a review published in Nutrients.

I hope everyone is safe and well. The delta virus peak is surging in the Upper Midwest. Hopefully we will get a bit of a reprieve in the new year.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related personal, financial and health effects likely have resulted in chronic stress throughout numerous populations, according to two experts.

Two studies investigating the immune systems of unvaccinated children in the Netherlands demonstrated that measles virus can give patients “immune amnesia” — that is, it erases the immune system’s memory of past encounters with other pathogens, leaving them vulnerable to future infections.

Two studies investigating the immune systems of unvaccinated children in the Netherlands demonstrated that measles virus can give patients “immune amnesia” — that is, it erases the immune system’s memory of past encounters with other pathogens, leaving them vulnerable to future infections.

Adults with type 2 diabetes have lower natural killer cell activity compared with those with normal glucose tolerance or prediabetes, according to findings published in the Journal of Diabetes Investigation.