Tag: Immunology
New therapeutic approach designed to improve life with donor lungs
The Covid-19 pandemic shows the importance of medical research in the treatment of lung diseases. The Medical University of Vienna is renowned the world over in the field of lung transplantation medicine. Currently, they are testing a new therapeutic approach designed to improve the situation of patients in the long term. Continue reading “New therapeutic approach designed to improve life with donor lungs”
Time-switch for immune cells
Supported by funding from the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a team from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories deciphered the mechanism of the TTP protein as a time-switch for the programmed cell death of white blood cells. A targeted death of these cells prevents an excessive immune reaction, but could also be used as a therapeutic […] Continue reading “Time-switch for immune cells”
Discovery of new mechanism for tumour suppression
A group of researchers from Innsbruck has been the first to describe how damaged cells can be inhibited from multiplying further after incomplete division. In a project funded by the FWF, the team disproved the previous assumption that the mechanism is triggered by defective genetic information. Continue reading “Discovery of new mechanism for tumour suppression”
When to immunise if blood stem cells are being transplanted?
After undergoing bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, patients experience a loss of vaccine protection. In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the physician Christina Forstner is investigating how such patients respond to TBE vaccination and at what point this should be renewed. Continue reading “When to immunise if blood stem cells are being transplanted?”
HIV infection: the brevity of the right moment
In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Doris Wilflingseder investigates the initial stages of infection – the time span when the immune system might still stop HIV. Continue reading “HIV infection: the brevity of the right moment”
Viruses as risk factors for coeliac disease
The onset of the autoimmune condition coeliac disease may not be down to genetic factors alone – certain viral infections may also be involved. This is the finding of a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Vaccination against intestinal viruses could help risk groups in the future. Continue reading “Viruses as risk factors for coeliac disease”