Even After Vaccine, Immunocompromised Need to Stay Cautious
People with conditions that weaken their immune systems should get vaccinated, but it might not be as effective.
Category: Immunology
The Role of Inflammation in Your Body
Inflammation helps your body heal, but too much can be harmful.
Swollen Lymph Nodes Can Be Vaccine Side Effect
This temporary inflammation after a COVID-19 shot is not a reason to worry.
What You Need to Know About Allergy Testing
No, it doesn’t usually hurt—and it might give you information that could change your life for the better.
Red Meat Making Your Patient Sick? This Could Be Why
Allergies, Epidemiology, Food Allergies, Immunology, Physicians
UNC Lineberger launches innovative cellular immunotherapy program
The early-stage cellular immunotherapy trials are for patients with either Hodgkin lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma, who lack other treatment options or are at high risk of their disease returning.
E-cigarette use can alter hundreds of genes involved in airway immu...
The long-term health effects of e-cigarettes remain unknown, but toxicologists at UNC are now uncovering how use of e-cigarettes affect genes involved in upper airway immune defense.
Sepsis Survivor
Carol Fowler Durham, a nurse educator at the UNC School of Nursing, nearly died from septic shock. Today she shares her experiences with audiences around the country and serves as an important weapon for UNC Medical Center’s sepsis reduction initiative, Code Sepsis.
Antibodies reverse Type 1 diabetes in new immunotherapy study
Scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have used injections of antibodies to rapidly reverse the onset of Type I diabetes in mice genetically bred to develop the disease.