Immunology
Immune cells can switch from 'gang members' to 'police officers'
When the immune system overreacts, as in an allergic reaction, cells causing trouble can change into cells that dampen the reaction.
Jul 10, 2018
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News tagged with immune reaction
Immunology
Restricting unwanted immune reactions
The immune system often initiates its response to pathogens by activating immune cells, so-called phagocytes, which migrate to sites of inflammation. There, the phagocytes release certain proteins, including the S100A8/S100A9 ...
Jun 7, 2018
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Neuroscience
An immunological memory in the brain
Inflammatory reactions can change the brain's immune cells in the long term—meaning that these cells have an "immunological memory." This memory may influence the progression of neurological disorders that occur later in ...
Apr 11, 2018
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Immunology
Vaccine suppresses peanut allergies in mice: study
A vaccine may successfully turn off peanut allergy in mice, a new study shows.
Apr 11, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Gut bacteria determine speed of tumor growth in pancreatic cancer
The population of bacteria in the pancreas increases more than a thousand fold in patients with pancreatic cancer, and becomes dominated by species that prevent the immune system from attacking tumor cells.
Mar 22, 2018
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Parkinson's gene initiates disease outside of the brain
Until very recently, Parkinson's had been thought a disease that starts in the brain, destroying motion centers and resulting in the tremors and loss of movement. New research published this week in the journal Brain, shows ...
Mar 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Why asbestos is so dangerous
The fact that asbestos causes cancer has been largely undisputed for nearly 50 years. Now, researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) have discovered why the fibres cause such damage to the body. ...
Mar 8, 2018
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Medical research
Minimising risks of transplants
A bone marrow transplant is often the only therapy available to save leukaemia patients, but the risk of complications is high. Despite the considerable time and effort of finding a suitable donor, nearly half of all patients ...
Feb 22, 2018
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Immunology
Animal study shows how to retrain the immune system to ease food allergies
Treating food allergies might be a simple matter of teaching the immune system a new trick, researchers at Duke Health have found.
Feb 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Smart bomb virus shows promise as brain tumor immunotherapy
A common cold virus engineered to attack the most common and deadly of brain tumors allowed 20 percent of patients with recurrent glioblastoma to live for three years or longer, researchers from The University of Texas MD ...
Feb 12, 2018
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