Speed or accuracy? As far as COVID-19 tests go, this was the choice you had to make. In the future, this dilemma could be a thing of the past. The Pathogen Analyzer combines the advantages of PCR ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

A new study shows how antibodies select the antigens that they bind to, as they navigate the surface of pathogens like coronaviruses. Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Karolinska ...

Imperial College London-based biotech startup Baseimmune has secured $4.8m funding to develop the next generation of future-proof universal vaccines against major human and animal diseases. Around 1.5 ...

An antigen is any substance that can trigger an immune response in the body. Antigens are typically proteins or polysaccharides that are recognized as foreign or potentially harmful by the immune ...

Antigen-driven TCR signaling in the epidermis during CD8+ TRM differentiation results in a lower TGFβ requirement for persistence and increased proliferative capacity that together enhance epidermal ...

How did Covid-19 become a global pandemic, and how can researchers develop vaccines that would give people immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus? Answering both questions requires understanding how ...

Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) Particle. Image Made According To A View Under Transmission Electron Microscope, Viral Diameter 35 Nm. This is the first part of a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like ...

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) has a complicated relationship with humans. While this commensal bacterium colonizes approximately 20-30 percent of human nasal cavities and is a member of the human ...