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Scientists have long looked to nature for solutions to human health challenges, and a new research initiative may be on the ...

Recent studies have shown important functions of ITPKB in the innate immune system. Contrasting with ... T cells, moreover, cause organ-transplant rejection. All three cell types require ITPKB ...

The nose also reportedly played an important role in ensuring humans did not become extinct. Ancient human predecessors reportedly had well developed olfactory sense which enabled them to sniff out ...

The dire wolf once roamed an American range that extended as far south as Venezuela and as far north as Canada, but not a ...

This commentary describes the history, summarizes the present research funding system ... and function of immune cells and their subsets; recognition and signaling in innate immunity; the ...

If these findings are confirmed in humans, it could have implications for treating many diseases where the immune system ...

Why are older people more susceptible to infections than younger people? Why do vaccinations sometimes have less of an effect ...

To pinpoint this new immunization strategy, scientists inhibited human cells from producing proteasomes in one group while ...