New findings into how type 1 diabetes disrupts the immune system and impacts a person's risk of developing the condition have been uncovered by a team of researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research – ...
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease, characterised by demyelination and the onset of chronic, neurodegenerative damage of the central nervous system. Right now, its causes are unknown although various self-immune ...
May 27, 2016
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An effective vaccine against the virus that causes genital herpes has evaded researchers for decades. But now, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago working with scientists from Germany have shown that zinc-oxide ...
Apr 27, 2016
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More and more people, particularly older people, are suffering from osteoarthritis due to wear and tear on their joints. This primarily affects the knee and hip joints but also the spine. In earlier studies, scientists at ...
Apr 7, 2016
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Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids – like those found in salmon – might be the key to helping the body combat lung infections, according to researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Mar 16, 2016
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Babies at risk of a serious lung infection could be helped by a therapy based on the body's natural immune defences.
Mar 7, 2016
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Small proteins that affect communication between cells play an important role in regulating inflammation that occurs during inflammatory bowel disease, according to researchers at Georgia State University, Emory University, ...
Feb 16, 2016
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Joost Beltman (LACDR, Leiden University) has provided novel insights in the way T-killer cells migrate towards virus-infected cells. This was accomplished by a combination of experimental research in the group of Ton Schumacher ...
Dec 8, 2015
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For years, biomedical researchers have suspected that a specific set of immune cells are responsible for causing disease in lupus patients, but until now they haven't known for sure one way or the other.
Dec 7, 2015
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists studying inflammation of the brain have discovered why certain immune responses, which typically help cells recognize and fight viral and bacterial infections, can sometimes ...
Oct 6, 2015
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