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Turning Translational Errors into Targets: Novel Neoepitopes for Cancer Immunotherapy

07 November 2025

A new study uncovers how immune cells can exploit aberrant protein synthesis in cancer cells to identify shared, highly expressed targets for adoptive T-cell therapy…

Broad-Spectrum Antibody Cocktail Shows Unprecedented Protection Against Influenza

16 September 2025

Researchers have developed an antibody-based therapy that could transform how influenza is treated and prevented…

Weakness, myalgia, night sweats and sore throat

A 36-year-old man developed two eschars (localized skin lesions) after visiting a rural field in Manzini, Swaziland. He has general weakness, myalgia, night sweats and sore throat. He reports having no rash…

Sudden onset of fever, fatigue, myalgia, and headache

A previously healthy 35-year-old male presents with sudden onset of fever, fatigue, myalgia, and headache. He reports recent travel to an Ebola-endemic region in West Africa. The patient presented with signs…

My hands swell and are painful

Eva is a 50-year-old Caucasian woman who presents to the clinic with complaints of hand and feet swelling to the point of visible deformities. Her joint pain wakes her up several times during the night and she has morning stiffness for several hours.

Epigenetics Research in Systems Immunology

Epigenetics Research in Systems Immunology: Concepts, Technologies and Future Concept of the Systems Immunology The conventional approach in immunology research has been ‘hypotheses’ driven, in which the Immunologist performs experiments, generates a set of observations and then develops a ‘mechanistic’ understanding at the end of the study. In contrast to this conventional paradigm, systems biology Read More

Leaky gut in COVID-19 and its impact on Neutrophil Extracellular Trap formation

04 May 2022

Saithong, et al., have hypothesized now that severe COVID-19 causes leaky gut and gut translocation of pathogenic cell wall components enhancing the formation of NETs and sepsis severity…

Keep up while the storm is raging

Norberto, a 23-year old white male in his third relapse of a B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) has been treated with an infusion of autologous CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells (CAR-T cells). Ten days later, he felt severe discomfort in the middle of the night…

Student Presentations – Week 1

Immuno-Algeria Student Presentations   Student Presentations – Week 1 Razika Zeghi-Bouteldja – Proteomic characterization of antigens involved in allergic reaction during cystic echiococcosis Sadjia Lahiani – Identification of immunodominant epitope residues of Der p 5 Allergen from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus by alanine scanning strategy Mohamed Anis Boussahel – Agreement between Skin prick tests and specific IgE Read More

Immuno-Algeria Programme

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International Union of Immunological SocietiesUniversity of South AfricaInstitute of Infectious Disease and Molecular MedicineElizabeth Glazer Pediatric Aids FoundationStellenbosch University
 

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