Immune system

Israeli-founded AI biotech Immunai expands AstraZeneca cancer collaboration

The expanded agreement extends and broadens the companies’ multi-year collaboration in oncology through 2027, according to the statement.

A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021
A guest sits in the outdoor sauna, gazing into the surrounding forest as the quiet heat blends seamlessly with the natural stillness of Slowness.

Just 30 minutes of sauna time tied to a sharper immune response

Kimchi

They ate these pickles for 3 months. And this is the amazing thing that happened to them

A SURVEY OF 360 patients with psoriasis showed most patients have suffered an exacerbation of their condition due to stress and anxiety.

Israeli scientists discover skin gene that helps build body’s first line of immune defense


Researchers re-model red blood cells to trigger immunization to COVID-19

New treatments are critical for controlling the pandemic and preparing for future outbreaks as the coronavirus continues to evolve and mutate.

Red blood cells (illustrative)

How the immune system sets priorities - study

When a person contracts one pathogen shortly after contracting another, innate and adaptive immunity must both go to work simultaneously.

  The inner lining of a mouse gut has finger-like projections (white) and harbors lymphatic organs (red) containing germinal centers (green). Viewed with confocal microscopy

New highly virulent HIV variant highlights need for early detection

A new HIV variant impacts the immune system twice as quickly as other variants, making early detection and treatment key factors.

 Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte.

Blocking immune system molecule in mice may help prevent disabilities after brain injury - study

Traumatic brain injury affects 69 million people worldwide per year and is a leading cause of disability in children and adults.

An image of the human brain

Can your brain make you sick? - Technion study

Researchers learned that the brain reacts to changes in the body by forming "representations of the immune system."

The research group of Professor Asya Rolls

Israel’s Immunai to use $215 mil. investment to develop, test new drugs

Israeli-American biotech company Immunai is best known for its development of the world’s largest data atlas of clinically annotated single-cell immune data.

 Noam Solomon speaks at the Jerusalem Post's Global Investment Forum in June 2021.

Israeli scientists discover how to reverse cell aging

A team of scientists has found why elderly people are more susceptible to COVID-19 and are working to reverse the aging process of the body’s immune system

 Professor Doron Melamed (right) and Dr. Reem Dowery

Leading MIT scientist hails ‘immunomics’ in Israel’s Immunai

Immunai is working on developing a new generation of medicine using a combination of artificial intelligence and big data, with the goal of mapping the entire human immune system.

US president Barack Obama gets ready for a picture with National Medal of Technology and Innovation recipient Dr. Robert Langer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, February 1, 2013.

COVID vaccine only 64% effective against Delta variant - Israeli research

Coronavirus cabinet to consider new restrictions on Tuesday * Ministry says no booster shot for the general public yet.

A worker at the south Tel Aviv vaccination center administers the coronavirus vaccine to a foreign national.

COVID-19: Exposure to weaker strains could be less severe - study

The findings reveal a possible answer for why some people are more resistant to COVID-19, especially young children.

Two genetically engineered T Cells (light green) attacking a cancer cell in red.