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Study reveals trained immunity may cause lung damage

Published: 10 July 2025

Trained immunity – a process being explored in vaccine and therapy development to boost immune defences – appears be counterproductive in certain contexts, researchers at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï and the...

New discovery could help protect against influenza

Published: 17 February 2025

A component found in all fungi may provide a shield against flu-related lung damage, according to a new study....

Pregnancy enhances natural immunity to block severe flu

Published: 2 December 2024

ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï scientists have discovered that pregnancy may trigger a natural immunity to boost protection against severe flu infection....

Fighting the flu: The surprising power of a century-old vaccine for tuberculosis

Published: 22 February 2024

As Canada’s flu season collides with record strep A cases and ongoing COVID-19 concerns, a new study is shedding light on our understanding of respiratory immune responses. Scholars from the...

How immune cells generated neonatally protect our lungs throughout our lifetime

Published: 2 February 2023

Every day, humans breathe in 11,000 litres of air. But this essential act also means we inhale microorganisms, particles, and pollutants. A new study from the Research Institute of the ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï...

Canadian researchers on promising path towards developing flu treatment using lipid target

Published: 22 May 2019

For most people, the influenza A virus (IAV), commonly known as the flu, is cleared from the body by our own immune system. In some cases, however, the immune response becomes dysregulated and if...

Anti-TB drugs can increase risk of TB re-infection

Published: 22 March 2019

Current treatments for tuberculosis (TB) are very effective in controlling TB infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). They don’t, however, always prevent reinfection. Why this happens...

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