IMMUFELLOW Postdoctoral programme has confirmed selections for the first Call for Applications and selected 11 talented researchers to conduct immunology-related projects at the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi…
Brain inflammation is unlikely to explain persistent long COVID symptoms
A new brain imaging study has found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation in patients suffering from prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 infection. Instead, the most severe long COVID symptoms…
Regulatory T cells discovered by Shimon Sakaguchi maintain order in the body
By the late 1980s, immunologists had had enough and walked away from suppressor T cells. Researchers had reached a dead end in their attempts to study them and no…
Researchers played music to cells – aggressiveness of laryngeal cancer decreased
The continuous movement of the vocal cords weakens and eventually stops as laryngeal cancer progresses. Researchers have, for the first time, discovered that restoring cellular…
Aggressive oral cancer can be identified at an early stage by changes in lymphatic vessels
Oral cancers with a high risk of recurrence can be identified at an early stage by examining the lymphatic vessels of the tumour. Finnish researchers have discovered for the first…
Over 80 applications were received for the IMMUFELLOW programme
Over 80 international researchers applied for the IMMUFELLOW postdoctoral research programme. The first 11 positions were available at the University of Turku or Åbo Akademi University for immunology-related postdoctoral…