News tagged with immune disorder
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Diseases and injuries trigger warning signals in our cells. As a result, genes are expressed and proteins produced, modified or degraded to adapt to the external danger and to protect the organism. In order to be able to ...
Genetics
May 02, 2012 |
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Moving towards a better treatment for autoimmune diabetes
Insulin is required for the regulation of blood sugar levels. In type I diabetes, the cells that produce insulin are destroyed by the immune system.
Diabetes
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Rare immune cells could hold key to treating immune disorders
The characterisation of a rare immune cell's involvement in antibody production and ability to 'remember' infectious agents could help to improve vaccination and lead to new treatments for immune disorders, say researchers ...
Immunology
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Bone marrow transplant arrests symptoms in model of Rett syndrome
A paper published online today in Nature describes the results of using bone marrow transplant (BMT) to replace faulty immune system cells in models of Rett Syndrome. The procedure arrested many severe sympto ...
Immunology
Mar 18, 2012 |
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Network approach improves outcomes in IBD despite lack of new treatment options
Many children with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis who received treatment through ImproveCareNow, a national quality improvement and research network, ceased to have symptoms and no longer needed to take steroids for ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Stress making your blood pressure rise? Blame your immune system
If stress is giving you high blood pressure, blame the immune system. T cells, helpful for fighting infections, are also necessary for mice to show an increase in blood pressure after a period of psychological stress, scientists ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Cell signaling discovery provides new hope for blood disorders
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have revealed new details about how cell signalling is controlled in the immune system, identifying in the process potential new therapeutic targets for treating severe blood disorders.
Medical research
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Sensing self and non-self: New research into immune tolerance
At the most basic level, the immune system must distinguish self from non-self, that is, it must discriminate between the molecular signatures of invading pathogens (non-self antigens) and cellular constituents that usually ...
Medical research
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Researchers find negative social interactions can lead to increased amounts of internal inflammation
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of California have found that negative social interactions can cause internal inflammation that may over time lead to possible health consequences. In the study, the results ...
Medical research
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Autism may be linked to abnormal immune system characteristics and novel protein fragment
Immune system abnormalities that mimic those seen with autism spectrum disorders have been linked to the amyloid precursor protein (APP), reports a research team from the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry ...
Immunology
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Intestine crucial to function of immune cells, research shows
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found an explanation for how the intestinal tract influences a key component of the immune system to prevent infection, offering a potential clue to the cause of autoimmune disorders ...
Medical research
Dec 12, 2011 |
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How unchecked alarms can spark autoimmune disease
(Medical Xpress) -- One in five Americans suffers from autoimmune disease, in which the immune system goes off-track and attacks the body's own cells. Cornell researchers have identified a signaling mechanism ...
Medical research
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Life-threatening condition in preemies linked to blood type
Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening destruction of intestinal tissue called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
Medical research
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Alzheimer's vaccine triggers brain inflammation when brain amyloid burden is high
Patients with Alzheimer's disease who are in the early stages of their illness will likely benefit most from vaccine therapies now being tested in a number of human clinical trials, say researchers from Georgetown University ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Researchers find molecule that prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice
Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found a specific molecule that can prevent the development of type 1 diabetes in mice and has a similar effect on human cells from diabetic patients.
Medical research
Nov 01, 2011 |
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