Hacker News with Generative AI: Immune System

Molecules that fight infection also act on the brain (news.mit.edu)
New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

Immune System, Neuroscience, Health, Behavior

25 points by gmays 9 days ago | 3 comments

Scientists: Protein IL-17 fights infection, acts on the brain, inducing anxiety (medicalxpress.com)
Immune molecules called cytokines play important roles in the body's defense against infection, helping to control inflammation and coordinating the responses of other immune cells. A growing body of evidence suggests that some of these molecules also influence the brain, leading to behavioral changes during illness.

Science, Immune System, Neuroscience, Mental Health

112 points by wglb 12 days ago | 46 comments

Immune cells convert bacteria into critical nutrients, scientists discover (medicalxpress.com)
Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells alive, according to a new study from scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Science, Biology, Immune System, Nutrition

5 points by PaulHoule 47 days ago | 0 comments

Immune markers of post COVID vaccination syndrome indicate future research (news.yale.edu)

Immune System, COVID-19, Vaccination, Medical Research

30 points by cempaka 62 days ago | 24 comments

Immune cell injection significantly boosts healing of bone, muscle and skin (newatlas.com)
Injecting regulatory T cells or Tregs, which control the body’s immune responses, directly into damaged bone, muscle and skin significantly boosts healing, according to new research.

Biotechnology, Medicine, Immune System, Healing

3 points by peutetre 223 days ago | 0 comments

Long Covid inflicts scars on lungs but targeting immune cells may reverse damage (theconversation.com)

Long Covid, Health, Medical Research, Immune System

5 points by amichail 234 days ago | 0 comments

Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle (fast.ai)

Immune System, Biology, Health

287 points by awendland 242 days ago | 197 comments

Biodiversity enhances immune regulation among daycare children (2020) (science.org)

Biodiversity, Immune System, Children, Health, Science

132 points by getwiththeprog 319 days ago | 23 comments

Daycares in Finland Grew Forests, and It Changed Kids' Immune Systems (sciencealert.com)