A therapeutic method for harnessing the body's immune system to protect against brain damage is published today by researchers from the Babraham Institute's Immunology research program. The collaboration between Professor ...
May 26, 2022
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Northwestern Medicine investigators recently discovered that the mitochondrial respiratory chain—a series of protein complexes essential for a cellular respiration and energy production—is necessary for the activation ...
May 13, 2022
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It's not often that a failed clinical trial leads to a scientific breakthrough.
May 4, 2022
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Cancer researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine say they have successfully suppressed the growth of some solid tumors in research models by manipulating immune cells known as macrophages.
Apr 20, 2022
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Checkpoint inhibitors have become important tools in the cancer-fighting arsenal. By blocking proteins that normally restrain the immune response, these drugs can help the immune system destroy cancer cells.
Apr 19, 2022
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Fighting cancer and chronic disease is tiring work for the immune system. When T cells are engaged in this kind of lengthy battle, they can become exhausted, or unable to function properly. One immunotherapy that revitalizes ...
Apr 18, 2022
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Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), and Oncode have created a tracking system that can reveal how often cells have divided. This allowed them to find a yet-undiscovered ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have evaluated how vaccination against, and infection with, SARS-CoV-2 affects the immune system. The results confirm that immunity by infection is not better than vaccination ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have shown that the body's T cells provide long-lasting memory against the virus following vaccination or infection from COVID-19.
Mar 23, 2022
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An unexpected link between tuberculosis and cancer may lead to new drug treatments for the bacterial disease that kills more than 1.5 million people each year, according to a study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine.
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