News tagged with immune tolerance
Exposure to hepatitis B virus activates immunity in young people, suggesting benefits for earlier treatment
Infectious disease experts have long thought that children, teenagers and young adults who are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) lack the immune cells needed to fight this pathogen. As ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 27, 2013 |
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Scientists shed light on mystery surrounding hepatitis B virus: Discovery is decades in the making
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of Oxford, U.K., have shed light on a long-standing ...
Medical research
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Kids fight food allergies one bite at a time
(Medical Xpress)—The holidays can be a stressful time for parents of the six million children in the United States with food allergies. With so many parties and gifts involving food, parents may worry that their children ...
Immunology
Dec 27, 2012 |
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Team shows how childhood viral infection leads to increased risk for allergic asthma as adult
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have shown in an animal model that a common childhood virus disables the normal ...
Immunology
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Clinical trial seeks to cure advanced Crohn's disease using bone marrow transplant
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have opened a clinical trial to test the theory that giving a patient a new immune system can cure severe cases of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Researchers test drug combinations to prevent graft vs. host disease
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have conducted a clinical trial aimed at preventing graft vs. host disease (GVHD) in patients who have received hematopoietic (blood) cell transplants (HCT). The study, comparing the drug ...
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Jun 26, 2012 |
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Targeted gene therapy enhances treatment for Pompe disease
Gene therapy to replace the protein missing in Pompe disease can be effective if the patient's immune system does not react against the therapy. Targeted delivery of the gene to the liver, instead of throughout the body,suppresses ...
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Jun 25, 2012 |
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Killer T-cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes
(Medical Xpress) -- For years, researchers have known that obesity, type 2 diabetes and low-level inflammation are linked, but how they are connected has not been well understood.
Diabetes
May 08, 2012 |
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Biodiversity loss may cause increase in allergies and asthma
Declining biodiversity may be contributing to the rise of asthma, allergies, and other chronic inflammatory diseases among people living in cities worldwide, a Finnish study suggests. Emerging evidence indicates that commensal ...
Inflammatory disorders
May 07, 2012 |
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Mechanism ID'd for benefit of stem cells in autoimmunity
(HealthDay) -- Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) activate a mechanism involving coupling of FAS/FAS ligand to induce T cell apoptosis and immune tolerance, according to an experimental study published ...
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May 02, 2012 |
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Use of stem cells, conditioning induces immune tolerance
(HealthDay) -- A novel approach using a bioengineered mobilized cellular product enriched with hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and tolerogenic graft facilitating cells (FCs) in combination with nonmyeloablative ...
Immunology
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Early research shows dietary supplement may lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes
UCLA researchers demonstrated that an over-the-counter dietary supplement may help inhibit development of insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, conditions that are involved in the development of Type 2 diabetes and ...
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Sep 22, 2011 |
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New insight into immune tolerance furthers understanding of autoimmune disease
It is no easy task to preserve the delicate balance that allows us to maintain a strong immune system that can defend us from harmful pathogens, but that is sensitive enough to correctly identify and spare our own cells. ...
Medical research
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Immunizing at birth is safe and effective against severe pneumococcal disease
(Medical Xpress) -- Vaccinating children against the pneumococcus at birth is safe and primes the immune system against later infection, according to research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Di ...
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Aug 26, 2011 |
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