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The frequency and severity of transient side effects following mRNA vaccination are significantly influenced by an individual's pre-existing innate immune reactivity, specifically their baseline response to interferons.
#Immunology #Vaccinology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/imgy0917601.html

Predictive biomarkers for necrotizing enterocolitis, a sudden and fatal intestinal illness in premature infants, have been identified within the viral and bacterial genetic material of the infant gut microbiome.
#Neonatology #Microbiology #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Pathology #Immunology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/mcb09172601.html

Notable observation:

chow-fed mice showed an increase in T cells specific for corn-derived zein, but surprisingly, the same was not observed when mice were fed purified zein. Then the typical scientific investigation began.

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#immunology

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.01.748748v2

Scientists just won't give up searching for the needle in the haystack. That's what cancer neoantigen-specific T-cell discovery feels like. New paper by none other than Ton Schumacher, quite literally the Schumacher of this field.

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#immunology

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.07.749948v2

https://www.europesays.com/ie/689745/ Silica and dust mites combine to worsen asthma inflammation #AirwayInflammation #Allergen #allergy #AntiInflammatory #Asthma #Chronic #Corticosteroid #Dexamethasone #DNA #Éire #Glucocorticoid #Health #IE #ImmuneResponse #Immunology #inflammation #Ireland #Laboratory #Lungs #Receptor #Steroid #therapy