Immunology
Study suggests ways to improved immunity in older people
A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older.
Aug 22, 2016
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Immunology
Every meal triggers inflammation
When we eat, we do not just take in nutrients – we also consume a significant quantity of bacteria. The body is faced with the challenge of simultaneously distributing the ingested glucose and fighting these bacteria. This ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Immunology
Team identifies potential cause for lupus
Leading rheumatologist and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Betty Diamond, MD, may have identified a protein as a cause for the adverse reaction of the immune system in patients suffering from lupus. A better ...
Jul 14, 2017
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Immunology
Extinct human species gave modern humans an immunity boost
Findings from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research show modern humans acquired a gene variant from Denisovans that heightened their immune reactions, indicating adaptation of the immune system to a changing environment.
Sep 18, 2019
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Genetics
A global effort to understand why some people are resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infections
An international team of medical scientists has published a Perspective piece in the journal Nature Immunology, outlining ongoing research into why some people are resistant to SARS-CoV-2 infections. In their paper, they ...
Immunology
Cholesterol-like molecules switch off the engine in cancer-targeting 'Natural Killer' cells
Scientists have just discovered how the engine that powers cancer-killing cells functions. Crucially, their research also highlights how that engine is fuelled and that cholesterol-like molecules, called oxysterols, act as ...
Sep 18, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study fingers new player in cancer immunity
The immune system must strike an exquisite balance between vanquishing infections and cancer, while at the same time restraining its activity to avoid inadvertently attacking the body's healthy tissues and organs.
Oct 23, 2019
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Immunology
Scientists discover pain receptor on T-cells
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that T-cells – a type of white blood cell that learns to recognize and attack microbial pathogens – are activated by a pain receptor.
Oct 5, 2014
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Immunology
'Medicinal food' diet counters onset of type 1 diabetes
Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute researchers have led an international study that found - for the first time - that a diet yielding high amounts of the short-chain fatty acids acetate and butyrate provided ...
Mar 27, 2017
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Immunology
Research presents new ways of developing treatment of chronic inflammation
Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University in Denmark in collaboration with researchers from Colorado in the United States have found a new way to treat the inflammation involved in chronic diseases ...
Aug 30, 2019
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