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Penn State College of Medicine students to work with medical educators to design new curriculum

The medical school model that has existed for decades involves two years of study in the basic sciences followed by two years of clinical study. An initiative under way at Penn State College of Medicine will involve students in developing a new curriculum that integrates the two areas of study, with a goal of preparing physicians for the new realities of health care.

20 Aug 2015

H1N1 vaccine developed at UNMC to be evaluated in animal study

An H1N1 vaccine developed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center will enter a definitive round of testing this month, and researchers hope to establish its ability to ward off the virus.

20 Aug 2015

Researchers capture images of immune cell interactions rallying to destroy herpes simplex virus

Doctor Scott Mueller and colleagues from the University of Melbourne's Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Doherty Institute used state-of-the-art microscopy to painstakingly capture images of the interactions of three crucial types of immune cells rallying to destroy herpes simplex virus.

19 Aug 2015

Early exposure to inflammatory cytokines can paralyze CD4 T cells

In a discovery that is likely to rewrite immunology text books, researchers at UC Davis have found that early exposure to inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin 2, can "paralyze" CD4 T cells, immune components that help orchestrate the body's response to pathogens and other invaders.

19 Aug 2015

NIH grants Clinical and Translational Science Award to UC San Diego

The Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) at University of California, San Diego has received a five-year Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) for approximately $52 million from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, part of the National Institutes of Health.

19 Aug 2015

Astellas Farma Brasil named one of Top 20 places to work in Brazil

Astellas Farma Brasil is one of the Top 20 small- to medium-sized companies to work for in the country across all industries, according to the Great Place to Work Institute's latest rankings. The results are based on a survey of thousands of employees across multiple industries in Brazil.

18 Aug 2015

Researchers report increasing disparities between resource inputs, outcomes in biomedical research

As more money has been spent on biomedical research in the United States over the past 50 years, there has been diminished return on investment in terms of life expectancy gains and new drug approvals, two Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say.

18 Aug 2015

Scientists partner to create liver-on-chip device that mimics human physiology

Safety evaluation is a critical part of drug and cosmetic development. In recent years there is a growing understanding that animal experiments fail to predict the human response, necessitating the development of alternative models to predict drug toxicity.

17 Aug 2015

Researchers help explain how malaria infection increases children's risk of developing Burkitt's lymphoma

In equatorial Africa, a region of the globe known as the "lymphoma belt," children are ten times more likely than in other parts of the world to develop Burkitt's lymphoma, a highly aggressive blood cancer that can be fatal if left untreated. That area is also plagued by high rates of malaria, and scientists have spent the last 50 years trying to understand how the two diseases are connected.

14 Aug 2015

USciences professor provides infection control measures for college-bound students

Thousands of students across Greater Philadelphia will soon start the next chapter of their lives as they begin their college journeys away from home.

13 Aug 2015

Researchers develop user-friendly platform for analyzing transcriptomic and epigenomic big data

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have developed a user-friendly, integrated platform for analyzing the transcriptomic and epigenomic "big data."

12 Aug 2015

Janssen signs license agreement with Alligator Bioscience for immuno-oncology antibody

Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Alligator Bioscience AB for ADC-1013, an immuno-oncology agent currently in Phase 1 clinical studies.

12 Aug 2015

SAGE partners with The Katie Piper Foundation to launch journal Scars, Burns & Healing

SAGE is delighted to announce a new partnership with The Katie Piper Foundation to launch the unique journal Scars, Burns & Healing. The journal brings together the specialist focus of scar and burns research with the breadth of the science and medicine related to wound healing, and will be accepting its first submissions from summer 2015.

12 Aug 2015

Argos Therapeutics begins AGS-003 clinical trial in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Argos Therapeutics Inc., an immuno-oncology company focused on the development and commercialization of fully individualized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer based on the Arcelis technology platform, today announced the initiation of a single-center pilot clinical trial of AGS-003 as a neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma.

11 Aug 2015

Researchers apply new approach to make improved nasal spray flu vaccine

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say they have developed a method that could make a nasal spray flu vaccine effective for those under two and over 49 - two groups for which the vaccine is not approved.

11 Aug 2015

Researchers create new cell screening method for immunotherapy cancer treatments

Researchers have created a new method for screening cells used in immunotherapy cancer treatments, allowing high-performing immune system cells to be studied in isolation and potentially expanding the number of patients for whom the breakthrough treatment proves successful.

11 Aug 2015

Roche establishes strategic alliance with Diagnostic Laboratory Services

Roche announced today the establishment of a strategic alliance with Diagnostic Laboratory Services of Aiea, Hawaii, that designates the company as a Roche Molecular Center of Excellence (MCOE) for the next five years.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 10 Aug 2015

CRI to honor three scientists for contributions to immunology and cancer immunotherapy research

The Cancer Research Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fueling the discovery and development of immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, will bestow its highest honors on three scientists who have made fundamental contributions to the fields of immunology and cancer immunotherapy.

10 Aug 2015

CRI announces winners of 2015 Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research

The Cancer Research Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fueling the discovery and development of immunotherapies for all forms of cancer, announced today the winners of the 2015 Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research.

10 Aug 2015

GenVec reports net loss of $1.9 million for second quarter 2015

GenVec, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015. For the three months ended June 30, 2015, GenVec reported a net loss of $1.9 million, or $0.11 per share, on revenues of $0.1 million, compared with a net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.10 per share, on revenues of $0.1 million, for the same period in the prior year.

7 Aug 2015

Immunology News and Research

Latest Immunology News and Research

Penn State College of Medicine students to work with medical educators to design new curriculum

H1N1 vaccine developed at UNMC to be evaluated in animal study

Researchers capture images of immune cell interactions rallying to destroy herpes simplex virus

Early exposure to inflammatory cytokines can paralyze CD4 T cells

NIH grants Clinical and Translational Science Award to UC San Diego

Astellas Farma Brasil named one of Top 20 places to work in Brazil

Researchers report increasing disparities between resource inputs, outcomes in biomedical research

Scientists partner to create liver-on-chip device that mimics human physiology

Researchers help explain how malaria infection increases children's risk of developing Burkitt's lymphoma

USciences professor provides infection control measures for college-bound students

Researchers develop user-friendly platform for analyzing transcriptomic and epigenomic big data

Janssen signs license agreement with Alligator Bioscience for immuno-oncology antibody

SAGE partners with The Katie Piper Foundation to launch journal Scars, Burns & Healing

Argos Therapeutics begins AGS-003 clinical trial in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Researchers apply new approach to make improved nasal spray flu vaccine

Researchers create new cell screening method for immunotherapy cancer treatments

Roche establishes strategic alliance with Diagnostic Laboratory Services

CRI to honor three scientists for contributions to immunology and cancer immunotherapy research

CRI announces winners of 2015 Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research

GenVec reports net loss of $1.9 million for second quarter 2015

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