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Trained immunity – a process being explored in vaccine and therapy development to boost immune defences – appears be counterproductive in certain contexts, researchers at 91ºÚÁÏÍø and the Research Institute of the 91ºÚÁÏÍø Health Centre (The Institute) have found.

Trained immunity is when the body’s first line of defence remembers past threats and becomes more reactive, responding more strongly to future infections even if they are different, by changing how immune cells behave.

Classified as: Maziar Divangahi, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Research Institute of the 91ºÚÁÏÍø Health Centre, Department of Medicine, lungs, vaccine development
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Published on: 10 Jul 2025

First of humans with a rare immunodeficiency reveals how the immune system protects the body against pathogens known to cause serious diseases, such as tuberculosis and COVID-19. The research involving 91ºÚÁÏÍø, paves the way for new therapies to treat autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, and new approaches to vaccine development.

Classified as: immune system, covid-19, Immunodeficiency, tuberculosis, autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory disease, vaccine development
Published on: 8 May 2023
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