Breakthrough! Novel Antigen-presenting Immune Cells Play A Vital Role in Respiratory Infections
A study published in the Journal of Immunology reported that an international team of scientists identified a new type of antigen-presenting immune cells that are part of the dendritic cell family ...
Does SARS-CoV-2 Utilize Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE)?
Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) is a paradoxical phenomenon in host-pathogen biology, in which, antibody, as an important pillar of the host defense against invading pathogens, actually helps ...
New Mechanism for Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Cells
Cancer drug resistance is usually controlled through chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Unlike chemotherapy that inhibits cell proliferation, targeted therapy blocks a single, consistent pathway of ...
Could Stem Cells Help Patients with the Novel Coronavirus Disease?
Since December 2019, 2019-nCoV infection has become an urgent public health event worldwide. There are currently no vaccines or specific antiviral treatments for 2019-nCoV infection. Although ...
β-Amyloid Hijacks Noradrenaline Signal to Activate Pathological GSK3β/tau Cascade
In a new preclinical study, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found an important missing part of Alzheimer's disease. The relevant research results were published in the ...
Stem Cell-like T Cells in Tumors May Promote Cytotoxic T Cells Recognition and Destroy Cancer Cells
The specific anti-cancer therapies developed by using the body's own immune cells have now revolutionized. Such immunotherapeutics can provide patients with malignant hematological tumors or solid ...
Inhibition of DHODH Is Expected to Treat Small Cell Lung Cancer
Small cell lung cancer is highly aggressive lung cancer with limited treatment options. In a new study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology identified a novel therapeutic ...
The Reasons That Make Glioblastoma Difficult to Get Cured
A recent study cooperated by Israel and the United States found that glioblastoma cells are divided into four subtypes, and each subtype converts to each other, which explains one reason why ...
Macrophage Blackening May Promote Breast Cancer Metastasis
When breast cancer cells spread in the body, they diffuse mainly through the lymphatic system, which usually removes excess fluids and waste from our tissues. Now, scientists at the team of Professor ...
Scientists Successfully Reverse The Aging Process of Brain Stem Cells, Expecting to Develop New Methods for Rejuvenation
Recently, in a research report published in the international journal Nature, scientists from the University of Cambridge have revealed the molecular mechanism of brain stem cell dysfunction caused ...