Inmunología La exposición temprana a los antibióticos puede causar asma y alergias permanentes Home The Issues Early exposure to antibiotics kills healthy bacteria in the digestive tract and can cause asthma and allergies, a new study demonstrates. The study, published in Mucosal Immunology, has provided the strongest evidence so far that the long-observed connection between antibiotic exposure in early childhood and later development of asthma and allergies is causal. “The practical im...

Inmunología Cómo el thymus entrena a las células T para combatir infecciones Home The Issues T cells are a special class of white blood cells that patrol the body and attack infected or foreign tissue. They learn to distinguish friendly proteins from dangerous ones in an organ called the thymus. However, when T cells mistakenly identify healthy proteins as foreign, it can lead to autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis or diabetes. New work from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow Ha...

Inmunología Descubriendo los vínculos entre la dieta, la salud intestinal y la inmunidad Home The Issues A preclinical study from the University of Sydney has found a high-protein diet can change the microbiota of the gut, triggering an immune response. Researchers say the study takes us a step closer to understanding the way diet impacts gut health and immunity. “The focus of our work is on how the gut microbiota—the trillions of bacteria that inhabit the gut—affects the immune syst...

Inmunología Un nuevo enfoque terapéutico podría prevenir lesiones en los frágiles pulmones trasplantados Home The Issues Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a potential therapeutic target in the donor lung that can prevent primary graft dysfunction (PGD) in lung transplant recipients, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI). GR Scott Budinger, MD, chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care in the Department of Medicine and the Ernest S. Bazley Pr...

El virus del papiloma humano (VPH) se identifica en primer lugar en dermatología y posteriormente se demuestra que es una causa necesaria para el desarrollo de cáncer de cuello uterino y de otros tumores, tras una infección persistente por alguno de sus genotipos oncogénicos. Desde hace años, las infecciones y neoplasias más frecuentes relacionadas con el VPH pueden prevenirse mediante la inmunización....