Drugs targeting patients’ immune systems, rather than the virus itself, could be key to recovery from severe cases of the disease, some researchers suggest.

By studying influenza in mice and cells, researchers identify a glucose metabolism pathway critical to the dysregulated immune response that kills many infectious disease patients, including those with COVID-19.

Oligomannate, recently approved in China, is being met with some skepticism from researchers.

A specific type of lung cell withstands flu infection by doubling down on DNA repair.

Patients with the rare autoimmune condition, highlighted in the Oscar-nominated film The Big Sick, currently have limited treatment options.

At low doses, resveratrol enhanced human T-cell activity in vitro, while at high doses it interfered with cell signaling. 

Instructor, Department of Systems Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Age: 38

In mice, cancer cells genetically modified to express an anticancer cytokine home to tumors and can reduce their growth. 

Engineered cells detect early biomarkers of a psoriasis flare-up in mice and release compounds to soothe or prevent the skin reaction.