News tagged with immune response
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Zinc deficiency mechanism linked to aging, multiple diseases
(Medical Xpress)—A new study has outlined for the first time a biological mechanism by which zinc deficiency can develop with age, leading to a decline of the immune system and increased inflammation associated ...
Medical research
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Researchers halt autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis in mice
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a gene-based therapy to stop the rodent equivalent of the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis by specifically targeting the destructive immune response ...
Immunology
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Key mechanism for controlling body's inflammatory response discovered
Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have discovered how a key molecule controls the body's inflammatory responses. The molecule, known as p110delta, fine-tunes inflammation to avoid excessive reactions that can ...
Immunology
Sep 30, 2012 |
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New way of fighting high cholesterol upends assumptions
Atherosclerosis – the hardening of arteries that is a primary cause of cardiovascular disease and death – has long been presumed to be the fateful consequence of complicated interactions between overabundant ...
Medical research
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Son's real-life drama leads comedy queen to medical role
(HealthDay)—Actress Julie Bowen, awarded her second Emmy Sunday for her role in the hit TV comedy "Modern Family," starts a more serious role today: raising awareness about life-threatening childhood allergies.
Immunology
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Pregnancy generates maternal immune-suppressive cells that protect the fetus
A new study published online in the journal Nature suggests it might be possible to develop vaccines to prevent premature birth and other pregnancy complications. If so, such vaccines would be the first intended to stimul ...
Immunology
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Inappropriate activation of an immune signaling pathway during infection leaves the body vulnerable to sepsis
The inflammatory response is a double-edged sword—it enables the body to mount a vigorous defense against infection, but can also inflict serious physiological damage if allowed to rampage uncontrolled. ...
Immunology
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Jump-starting cheaper cancer vaccines
Dendritic cells (DCs)—workhorses of the immune system—derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) may provide an economical way of generating off-the-shelf therapeutic vaccines against cancers, according ...
Immunology
Sep 26, 2012 |
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New Otago collaboration brings oral TB vaccine for humans closer
Researchers in New Zealand are inching closer to the development of the first effective oral vaccine to protect against tuberculosis - a disease which still kills more people worldwide than any other bacterial disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Researchers seek to understand brain's immune response to metastasized cancer
Brain metastases are common secondary complications of other types of cancer, particularly lung, breast and skin cancer. The body's own immune response in the brain is rendered powerless in the fight against ...
Cancer
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Researchers identify possible key to slow progression toward AIDS
One of the big mysteries of AIDS is why some HIV-positive people take more than a decade to progress to full-blown AIDS, if they progress at all.
HIV & AIDS
Sep 19, 2012 |
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New insights into how certain slow progressers control HIV infection
People with a rare genetic trait who are infected with HIV progress more slowly to AIDS than others. But even within this group, there are wide variations in time to progression. A new study illustrates in detail how the ...
HIV & AIDS
Sep 19, 2012 |
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Making vaccines more effective
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered an important mechanism in which a synthetic DNA targets the immune system that could significantly improve the effectiveness of future vaccines.
Immunology
Sep 19, 2012 |
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Oral bacteria may signal pancreatic cancer risk
A new study finds significant associations between antibodies for multiple oral bacteria and the risk of pancreatic cancer, adding support for the emerging idea that the ostensibly distant medical conditions ...
Cancer
Sep 18, 2012 |
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Studies show limits, promise of laser removal of tattoos
(HealthDay)—Romances may fade, but until relatively recently "you-and-me-4ever" tattoos were just that: permanent.
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Sep 18, 2012 |
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