Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare kidney disease that affects your body’s innate immune system (complement system). Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a kidney disease that’s caused by ...

A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one. —Heraclitus of Ephesus (535–475 BC) All surface-bound C3 convertases, regardless of origin, can induce the amplification branch of the alternative ...

When initiating therapy, Abbey describes a cautious approach, typically treating the worse-seeing eye first rather than performing bilateral injections at the initial visit. After observing the ...

Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform classical systems on certain tasks. Over the past few decades, researchers ...

A research team at the Medical University of South Carolina reports in Cells that the complement system, part of the body's natural immune defenses, is a key driver of inflammatory responses that ...

To survive in the human host, bacteria have developed many different strategies to escape the innate immune response, including the expression of an extracellular capsule and 'hiding' within host ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A protein known as granzyme K was recently shown to be a driver of inflammation by activating the complement ...

A thoughtful compliment can make your day…unless it’s backhanded, of course. A complement (spelled with an “e” instead of an “i”) can also be a good thing, but in a much different way. What’s the ...

Recent clinical trials utilizing high doses of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have highlighted a new challenge to AAV gene transfer—activation of the complement system. A new article in Human ...

Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in Western populations. Susceptibility is influenced by age and by genetic and environmental factors. Complement activation is ...