A growing body of research has identified a hidden immune defect, not written in DNA, that helps explain why certain people ...

A new clinical trial led by QIMR Berghofer, in collaboration with University of Sunshine Coast Clinical Trials Network has found a medication currently used for some blood disorders could help the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine Interferon is a key player in the innate immune response.

Researchers have discovered that Type I interferon (IFN) plays a key role in helping the immune system effectively target viruses, while stopping white blood cells from 'going rogue' and attacking the ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the roles of the interferon (IFN) regulatory factors (IRFs): IRF1, IRF3, and IRF7 in infections by human coronaviruses ...

When interferons were first discovered in the 1950s, it was hoped that these naturally occurring chemicals could do for viruses what penicillin did for bacterial infections. Although that wish didn't ...

Advances in the treatment of gastroenteropancreatic poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma at our hospital. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers ...