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Research team finds possible clue to progression of multiple sclerosis

Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers, working with colleagues in Canada, have found that one or more substances produced by a type of immune cell in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may play a role in ...

Neuroscience created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tumor cells' inner workings predict cancer progression

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic ...

Cancer created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lymph node roundabout: Researchers probe origin of optimized antibodies against infections

An organism's ability to make new antibodies and use them to optimize its own immune defenses is of central importance in the fight against pathogens. In the case of severe infections, the overall relative ...

Immunology created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene signature helps identify risk of relapse in lung cancer patients

A new genetic signature identified by Spanish researchers may provide doctors with robust and objective information about which patients with early stage lung cancer are at low or high risk of relapse following surgery, investigators ...

Cancer created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The existence of neutrophils in the spleen discovered

For the first time, it has been discovered that neutrophils exist in the spleen without there being an infection. This important finding made by the research group on the Biology of B Cells of IMIM (Hospital ...

Medical research created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New study shows how B cells may generate antibodies after vaccination

Steve Reiner, MD, professor of Medicine, and Burton Barnett, a doctoral student in the Reiner lab at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have shown how immune cells, called B ...

Medical research created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

B cell receptor inhibitor causes chronic lymphocytic leukemia remission

A new, targeted approach to treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia has produced durable remissions in a Phase I/II clinical trial for patients with relapsed or resistant disease, investigators report at the 53rd Annual Meeting ...

Cancer created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cells central to pathogenesis of mature lymphoid tumors

New research suggests that blood stem cells can be involved in the generation of leukemia, even when the leukemia is caused by the abnormal proliferation of mature cells. The study, published by Cell Press in the August 16th ...

Cancer created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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