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Immune system

Analysis and Comment (2)

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Jacques Miller discovered the function of the thymus gland, which changed immunology forever.

Gus Nossal: It’s Australian Jacques Miller’s turn for a Nobel Prize

By Gustav Nossal, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Every year at the beginning of October, a frisson runs through the global medical research community. Who will win the greatest lottery of them all, the Nobel Prize for Medicine? In a cynical and sceptical…
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Marsupials and monotremes could do the dirty on drug-resistant infections. Lorinda Taylor/AAP

Doctor’s pouch: Australian mammals hold the key to fighting superbugs

By Emily Wong, University of Sydney

We know, because it’s big news, that drug-resistant infections are on the rise globally. But could Australian mammals hold the key to a fightback? Our current crop of antibiotics is in danger of becoming…

Research Briefs (5)

Hay fever may be a good sign

Yale

Seasonal allergies such as hay fever may be a sign that your immune system is doing its job. “Type 2 immunity”, which battles…

Gene critical to immune system

The Garvan Institute

Researchers have found that a specific gene is responsible for the function of the immune system, and may be blocked or amplified…

Immune cells react to stress

Institute of Toxicology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Medical Center

Scientists have shown for the first time that certain cells circulating in human blood – monocytes – are extremely sensitive…