Research presented by Professor Cecilia Johansson of Imperial College London has linked early type I interferon signalling in ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused over 260 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) along with five million deaths. It has affected different ...

In a recent study published in Science Immunology, researchers investigated whether individuals with breakthrough infections of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia demonstrated normal ...

Type I interferons are a family of cytokines that play a critical role in the immune system, particularly in antiviral defence and immunomodulation. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an ...

Researchers have discovered that Type I interferon (IFN) plays a key role in helping the immune system effectively target viruses, while stopping white blood cells from 'going rogue' and attacking the ...

Saphnelo, a human monoclonal antibody, is a type 1 interferon (INF) receptor antagonist that inhibits a key protein in the immune system called the IFNAR receptor. This protein acts like a transmitter ...

Which patients are more likely to develop a severe form of COVID-19? In a new study, researchers describe a unique and unexpected immunological phenotype in severe and critical patients. Which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine Interferon is a key player in the innate immune response.

When interferons were first discovered in the 1950s, it was hoped that these naturally occurring chemicals could do for viruses what penicillin did for bacterial infections. Although that wish didn't ...

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company digitizing biomarker analysis to advance the science of precision health, today announced that researchers across the ...