Even in non-pandemic years, influenza and other etiologies of pneumonia represent the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, and respiratory viruses are the most commonly identified pathogens among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia ( 1 ). Epidemics of seasonal influenza occur on an annual basis. In the United States, the 2019-2020 seasonal influenza epidemic…
Males and females exhibit profound differences in immune responses and disease susceptibility. However, the factors responsible for sex differences in tissue immunity remain poorly understood.…
Ability may be widespread in animal kingdom
Much is being made about the erosion of public trust in science. Surveys show a modest decline in the United States from a very high…
The radical new machine might be built faster and cost less than an equivalent conventional atom smasher, boosters say
Macrophages are functionally heterogeneous cells essential for apoptotic cell clearance. Apoptotic cells are defined by homogeneous characteristics, ignoring their original cell lineage identity. We found…
Recent advances on human dendritic cells have opened new avenues to address their subset-specific and cross-lineage programs in cancer.
Eerie rings bigger than galaxies may result from ancient bursts of star formation
A spring-loaded lid that flings insects to their doom has emerged at least twice
Symbiotic interactions were key to the evolution of chloroplast and mitochondria organelles, which mediate carbon and energy metabolism in eukaryotes. Biological nitrogen fixation, the reduction…
Blocking lipid synthesis induces DNA damage in prostate cancer and increases cell death caused by PARP inhibition.
