Category's article : "Immunology"

• Immunology

Published the 26/10/2021

Help me doctor, I am allergic!

More and more people are allergic, children and adults. Our genes, as well as the environment and living conditions, will affect the occurrence of allergies. Could it be the disease of the XXIe century?One of the most prevalent ailments of modern time is, once again, [...]

• Immunology

Published the 14/07/2021

A virus crowned with success

For more than half a year, our life has become a Hollywood disaster movie like Contagion (2011) from Steven Soderbergh. The events that took place in December 2019 were almost too similar for comfort, and for a good reason. The screenwriters had ch [...]

• Biology
• Neuropsycology
• Immunology

Published the 14/04/2021

Policing the neural night club: microglia

With astrocytes buzzing around the brain, oligodendrocytes hugging every stranger they meet, and everybody dancing to the beat of neurons, somebody needs to act responsibely and see that nobody gets hurt. Even the greatest parties have their limitations, and there is one constantly occuring in our b [...]

• Immunology

Published the 17/03/2021

Immune checkpoint therapies dilemma

A new type of therapy has emerged during the past ten years: the immune checkpoint therapies. The efficacy of such treatments has been proven in several cancers. An immune checkpoint is a security check for an immune cell. It is a switch that will turn the cell on or off. These therapies would not h [...]

• Immunology

Published the 03/12/2020

Vaccination: the bodyguard

The first association that comes to mind when thinking about vaccination is Louis Pasteur and his rabies vaccine. However, Manchu elites have been practicing variolation since the 17th century by inserting pus in their nose, provided from sick patients with smallp [...]

• Immunology

Published the 17/11/2020

Immune system ‘s G.I. in action

Back in the Roman Empire, immunists were great landlords who had the power to form an army and do their own justice without needing the agreement of local administrations. Immunity, from latin immunis, can be translated as «exempt» which relates to the idea of privilege. From [...]