Publication of the Month June
We proudly announce the Awardee of the Publication of the Month June: Renate BAUER
FWF project approval Prof. Dr. Silja Weßler
Prof. Dr. Silja Weßler from the Department of BIOMED and member of the Center for Tumor Biology and Immunology and the Cancer Cluster Salzburg will investigate in an FWF-funded project how H. pylori drives chronic inflammatory processes that can lead to gastric cancer by injecting the bacterial oncoprotein CagA into macrophages.
Immune cells in the starting blocks: Being “always ready” is hard work – Nature Immunology paper by Nikolaus Fortelny.
When pathogens invade the body, the immune system must respond immediately to prevent or contain infection. But how do our immune cells stay ready when there is no attacker in sight? Scientists in Vienna and Salzburg have come up with a fascinating explanation: They are stimulated by healthy tissue.
