Latest Immunology biotechnology articles and news on biotech industry leaders, emerging biotech companies in Spain

IDIBELL researchers present a new recombinant protein that reverses the proinflammatory state of cells in patients with lupus

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

2 years ago
lupus, recombinant protein

The IDIBELL research group led by Dr. Josep Maria Aran has presented a recombinant protein with promising immunomodulatory activity in Frontiers in Immunology journal. The protein can move the cells o...

El daño que el VIH hace en el sistema inmunitario de los pacientes se refleja en alteraciones específicas de su microbioma intestinal

by Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla - IBIS

2 years ago
VIH, microbioma intestinal

Un equipo de científicos sevillanos, en el Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), ha logrado identificar un perfil de microbiota específico de pacientes infectados por el virus de inmunodeficie...

Children with history of maltreatment could undergo an early maturation of the immune system

by Universitat de Barcelona

2 years ago
secretory immunoglobulin A (s-IgA), Children with history of maltreatment

The acute psychosocial stress states stimulate the secretion of an antibody type protein which is decisive in the first immune defence against infection, but only after puberty. However, children with...

VHIO is taking part in the development of a latest-generation antibody that will offer an alternative for immunotherapy-resistant tumours

by VHIO

2 years ago
GEN1046

The drug GEN1046 was also tested for the first time in the Phase 1 clinical trial on 61 patients with advanced solid refractory tumours. Here the drug demonstrated immunological-pharmacodynamic effect...

RBDCOV initiates the first Phase III clinical trial of HIPRA's Covid-19 vaccine in immunocompromised people

by IdiBGi

2 years ago
RBDCOV project, HIPRA's Covid-19 vaccine, alpha variant spike protein, beta variant spike protein

This clinical trial will determine whether an additional dose of HIPRA's Covid-19 vaccine can generate an immune response in people living with immune system disorders, such as immunodeficiencies or w...

Un atlas de células humanas cataloga la diversidad celular del cuerpo humano y su relación con la enfermedad

by Revista Genética Médica

2 years ago
atlas de células humanas, células del sistema inmunitario, células humanas en enfermades, Tabula Sapiens

Identificar y catalogar los diferentes tipos de células del cuerpo humano y entender cómo interaccionan entre sí es otro de los grandes retos de la biomedicina que está más cerca de completarse g...

Demuestran que un extracto de la seta china o shiitake reduce la virulencia de una de las bacterias más resistentes a los antibióticos

by Fundación Andaluza para la Divulgación de la Innovación y el Conocimiento

2 years ago
seta china o shiitake, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, AHCC®

Científicos de la Universidad de Granada (UGR) han demostrado que un extracto estandarizado de micelio del hongo Lentinula edodes, más conocido como seta china o shiitake, presenta un efecto modulad...

Citizen science reveals first comprehensive snapshot of the oral microbiome

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

2 years ago
oral microbiome, ‘Saca la Lengua’

The scientific team behind ‘Saca la Lengua’ have today published the first study that portrays how oral microbiome diversity changes with age. The results, obtained by researchers at the Centre fo...

Un ensayo clínico muestra la seguridad y potencial de un virus oncolítico contra el cáncer de páncreas avanzado

by CIBERONC - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Cáncer

2 years ago
cáncer de páncreas avanzado, virus oncolítico VCN-01

Los virus oncolíticos son virus modificados genéticamente para reconocer y atacar a las células tumorales. Se trata de un tipo de inmunoterapia innovadora con gran recorrido en el tratamiento contr...

La obesidad podría alterar la actividad linfocitaria en pacientes con enfermedades alérgicas

by Revista Genética Médica

2 years ago
obesidad, enfermedades inmunitarias, dermatitis atópica, PPARγ

Un nuevo estudio, realizado por investigadores del Instituto Salk de Estudios Biológicos, los Institutos Gladstone y la Universidad de California en San Francisco (UCSF), ha determinado que la obesid...

Traditional medicine for the treatment of pain and inflammation

by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

2 years ago
shikonin, pain, inflammation

A team of experts, led by the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and of which the URJC is a member, has described a molecule obtained from plants used in traditional medicine as a new candidate for...

New immunotherapeutic strategy against cancer designed by USC CiQUS researchers

by Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials

2 years ago
adenosine A2B receptor in the tumour microenvironment, Cancer immunotherapy, Monoclonal antibodies

Researchers from the CiQUS of the USC have just published an article that opens up a new immunotherapeutic path against cancer. The international study, led by the Centre's PI Eddy Sotelo and Andre...