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Team discovers how drug prevents aging and cancer progression

University of Montreal researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that can potentially slows the aging process and may prevent the progression of some cancers. In the March 23 online edition of the prestigious ...

Medical research created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers say silencing of retinoblastoma gene regulates differentiation of myeloid cells

Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center have found a potential mechanism by which immune suppressive myeloid-derived suppressor cells can prevent immune response from developing in cancer. This mechanism includes silencing ...

Immunology created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Medroxyprogesterone acetate linked to immune suppression

(HealthDay)—Use of the injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), common in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa with high HIV-1 prevalence, is associated with suppression of the immune ...

Immunology created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Foot soldiers of the immune system: IFIT antiviral protein recognizes foreign RNA and blocks viral infections

Researchers at McGill University and the Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences have discovered the molecular blueprint behind the IFIT protein. This key protein enables the human ...

Immunology created Jan 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies powerful infection strategy of widespread and potentially lethal virus

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have mapped the molecular mechanism by which a virus known as cytomegalovirus (CMV) so successfully infects its hosts. This discovery paves the way for new research avenues aimed at ...

Medical research created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The role of the innate immune cells in the development of type 1 diabetes

Julien Diana and Yannick Simoni of the "Immune Mechanisms in Type 1 Diabetes," Inserm/Université Paris Descartes, directed by Agnès Lehuen, have just published the results of their work on type 1 diabetes in the Nature Me ...

Diabetes created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer cells co-opt immune response to escape destruction

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that tumor cells use stress signals to subvert responding immune cells, exploiting them to actually boost conditions beneficial ...

Cancer created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune system kill switch could be target for chemotherapy and infection recovery

Researchers have discovered an immune system 'kill switch' that destroys blood stem cells when the body is under severe stress, such as that induced by chemotherapy and systemic infections.

Immunology created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover how the deadly malaria parasite evades the immune system, make progress toward developing a cure

(Medical Xpress)—More than a million people die each year of malaria caused by different strains of the Plasmodium parasite transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. The medical world has yet to find an effective ...

Medical research created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

C. diff scientists reveal potential target to fight infections

Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered how a common diarrhea-causing bacterium sends the body's natural defenses into overdrive, actually intensifying illness while fighting infection.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mild vibrations may provide some of the same benefits to obese people as exercise

If you're looking to get some of the benefits of exercise without doing the work, here's some good news. A new research report published online in The FASEB Journal shows that low-intensity vibrations led to improvements in the ...

Overweight and Obesity created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study suggests immune system could play a central role in AMD

(Medical Xpress)—Changes in how genes in the immune system function may result in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of visual impairment in older adults, based on preliminary research conducted by ...

Immunology created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Missing link' discovered in the defense mechanism of the tuberculosis pathogen

Flemish biologists lead by Joris Messens (VIB / Vrije Universiteit Brussel) have discovered that Mycobacterium tuberculosis – the bacterium that causes tuberculosis – has an ingenious defence mechanism against oxygen ...

Medical research created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The HOIL1 gene: The cause of a new rare disease

The researcher Capucine Picard, working with the team from Inserm unit 980 "Human genetics and infections diseases"/Université Paris Descartes under the leadership of Jean-Laurent Casanova, along with researchers from a ...

Immunology created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines role of microglial cells as both defenders and fighters in the nervous system

(Medical Xpress)—In many pathologies of the nervous system, there is a common event - cells called microglia are activated from surveillant watchmen into fighters.  Microglia are the immune cells of the ...

Neuroscience created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast