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Engineered Yeast Brew a Vaccine Adjuvant

Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | Sep 3, 2024 | 3 min read

Ever since its discovery in the 1900s, the production of a potent vaccine adjuvant relied on the Chilean soapbark tree. Now, yeast can make the molecule.

Crafting Science Stories for Young Audiences

Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 2, 2024 | 7 min read

Finding a narrative that resonates with the audience and serving it in their preferred format helps make science engaging, relatable, and fun.

A blue T cell attacks a blue cancer cell

Characterizing Cancer via the Immune Response

The Scientist | 1 min read

Researchers explore the immune system to further understand cancer and illuminate therapy development.

On the left is a brain in blue connect by blue electricity-like lines to a heart in red on the right side of the image.

Can the Brain Help Heal a Broken Heart?

Hannah Thomasy, PhD | Aug 28, 2024 | 6 min read

Stimulation of neural reward pathways may help mice recover from heart attacks.

An illustration of a B cell secreting autoantibodies.

Autoimmune Diseases: An Alternative Application for Immunotherapy

The Scientist | Aug 23, 2024 | 1 min read

Learn how immunotherapy is revolutionizing autoimmune disorder treatment.

Cell-Based Assays for Immuno-Oncology

Lonza | 1 min read

Cellular immunogenicity and immunotoxicity assays help scientists design, validate, and translate therapeutic research into treatments that weaponize the immune response against cancer.

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Prenatal Inflammation Makes Mice Susceptible to Asthma

Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 20, 2024 | 4 min read

Maternal immune responses during mice gestation led to a hyperactive population of innate-like immune cells in offspring that contributed to altered lung composition and function.

A woman and a child sitting on a couch blowing their noses.

A Better Mucus Model

Aparna Nathan, PhD | Aug 20, 2024 | 4 min read

A more realistic model of the mucus layer that lines the lungs and gut could provide important insights into the function of this critical defensive barrier.

Vaccines and Beyond: Strategies and Technologies for mRNA Therapeutics

The Scientist Staff | 2 min read

An expert panel will discuss mRNA-based vaccines, current approaches and challenges, and how researchers are moving RNA therapeutics forward in exciting new directions.

Image shows the mosquito Aedes aegypti on top of human skin.

A Mosquito Protein Facilitates Zika Infection

Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, PhD | Aug 14, 2024 | 3 min read

A salivary protein in mosquitos can suppress host immune activity and aid viral transmission.

Discover How Scientists Use Spectral Flow Cytometry to Design Larger and More Flexible Panels

Unmixing the Fundamentals of Spectral Flow Cytometry

BD Biosciences | Aug 7, 2024 | 1 min read

Spectral flow cytometry collects the full emission spectrum of a fluorochrome, enabling multicolor panels with more parameters than conventional flow cytometry.

Spherical viruses with spiked membrane proteins on their surfaces surround larger suspended cancer cells.

Introduction to Oncolytic Virotherapy

Amielle Moreno, PhD | 8 min read

Oncolytic virotherapy selectively attacks tumors and triggers both immediate and long-lasting immune responses.

Electron microscopy image of Marburg virus false-colored red.

Viral Research Gets Batty to Study Spillovers

Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 5, 2024 | 3 min read

Marburg virus enters humans from bats to cause viral hemorrhagic fever, but how it alters immune cells is unclear.

Two ferrets look out of a rectangular hole in a wooden structure.

Obesity Alters the Course of Influenza Infections

Hannah Thomasy, PhD | Aug 1, 2024 | 2 min read

Researchers explored the effects of obesity on the lung microenvironment in ferrets, searching for new therapeutic targets to protect vulnerable populations.