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Lund is the fifth Distinguished Fellow from UAB named since 2019, a sign of the strength of immunology research at UAB. Fran Lund, Ph.D.Fran Lund, Ph.D., a professor of microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmin...
A small blood donation can help UAB researchers and doctors learn how better to use immunology to treat disease. Needed: 5,000 healthy volunteers, who are willing to give a small blood sample if called in the future. Thi...
Memory B cells play a critical role to provide long-term immunity after a vaccination or infection. In a study published in the journal Immunity, researchers describe a distinct and novel subset of memory B cells that predict long-lived antibody resp
Nine out of 10 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus -; the autoimmune disease also known as SLE -; are females.
Two immunologists say an intranasal Covid vaccine can elicit an immune response at the site of infection – the respiratory tract. Intranasal vaccination, which is administered through the nose, is also needle-free, meaning that more people may be willing to get vaccinated. Ultimately, using both intramuscular and intranasal Covid vaccines may be effective in combating Covid-19. Out of the 108 Covid-19 vaccines that are currently undergoing clinical trials, only eight are delivered intranasally (through the nose) – the rest are mainly given intramuscularly (into the muscle). Considering ...