From friend to foe: inflammation and its consequences in aging
With age comes a myriad of mental and physical changes that no one looks forward to, such as aches and pains, forgetfulness, and dulled senses. However, when it comes to...
Immune Function and Accelerated Brain Aging
The nervous system governs our perceptions of reality, interpreting sound, light, and other physical stimuli through sensory organs. While these organs are efficient, they are inherently limited. Sensory organs allow...
How Are Diets Changing Our Immune Systems?
“I am on a diet.” is probably one of the most commonly heard sentences these days. With or without a specific aim in mind, most of us have tried to...
The Microscope: A Modern Day Portal to Hidden Worlds
Chances are, you’ve probably looked into a microscope at least once in your life. Whether it was to look at cells of an onion skin, to visualize colonies of growing...
Writing a Memoir: Studying and Understanding the Aging Immune System
Our immune system is shaped by its encounters throughout life, much like we are. Dr. Claudio Franceschi from the Italian National Research Centre on Aging at the University of Bologna coined the term...
The Great Divide
In 1893, the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London reported that in addition to seeing an increase in the annual number of deaths ascribed to cancer, it appeared that...
TCRS: These are not the adaptive receptors you are looking for
In the modern framework of immunology, immune receptors are typically classified as either adaptive or innate, the key difference between the two being that innate immune receptors are germline encoded and...
Revolutions in Immunology
As scientists, we love to answer questions. It’s part and parcel of the job description. Conveniently, nature offers up plenty of complex questions, just waiting for us to validate, demonstrate,...
Marsupial Mommas: Maternal Immunity In Those Other Mammals
What does the term “maternal immunology” mean to you? As a mammal yourself, you probably consider things like microbial colonization during live birth, or the transfer of maternal antibodies through...
Bioelectronics: Harnessing a neural system to control inflammation
[caption id="attachment_1356" align="alignright" width="297"] Image credit: John Lund | Blend Images. Image courtesy of Getty Images.[/caption] The immune system’s inflammatory response is a double-edged sword. Inflammation is a highly complex...
Recent Comments