UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified how the quintessential immune protein known as stimulator of ...

HIV exhausts the body's immune system by overactivating it, despite effective antiviral treatment. Researchers from Linköping ...

Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) catalyses adenosine-to-inosine editing, often at non-coding regions of mRNAs. Mutations in ADAR1 cause Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS), which is a ...

Interferon therapies are well established as treatment options for some types of cancer, but they have not been used to treat cancers characterized by the overproduction of blood cells. The FDA has ...

In the body, macrophage memory formation depends on a signaling molecule, or cytokine, known as interferon gamma. During an initial immune response, interferon gamma prompts macrophages to unwrap ...

Despite potential benefits, the therapy remains in limited use for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Pegylated interferons are a meaningful therapeutic option for the treatment of ...

Treatment of COVID-19 with interferon beta-1b — even for just a few days, a much shorter period than is commonly used for maintenance in multiple sclerosis (MS), for example — is associated with ...

In 1980, TIME Magazine wrote about interferon as the “if” drug for cancer. Promising studies sparked widespread hope around the potential of the interferon to treat cancer, only if it could deliver ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common type of dementia, progressively impairs memory, concentration and the ability to learn new things and accomplish everyday activities. Although scientists do ...

A new drug quashes all coronavirus variants. But regulatory hurdles and a lack of funding make it unlikely to reach the U.S. market anytime soon. By Benjamin Mueller Over the past year, America’s ...