Like other factors such as age, sex, and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses. This is the finding recently made by a team of scientists at the Institut Pasteur using the Milieu Intérieur cohort of 1,000 ...
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A study led by the group of Didier Trono at EPFL has revealed a crucial survival tactic employed by cancer cells. The scientists have identified a group of proteins, known as "KRAB zinc finger proteins" (KZFPs), that help ...
Feb 12, 2024
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CD4+ T cells have been highlighted in the scientific literature for the important role they play in the immune response to lung infections. However, an article published in the journal Cell Reports shows that an imbalance ...
Feb 8, 2024
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A study led by UMass Chan Medical School viral immunologists Liisa Selin, MD, Ph.D., and Anna Gil, Ph.D., discovered similarities in immune system dysfunction as a potential biomarker among people living with long COVID and ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Patients with an appearance-altering skin condition may have relief thanks to an unlikely cocktail of a molecule that induces labor, an immunosuppressant medication and controlled UVB irradiation.
Feb 1, 2024
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A recent collaborative study has developed a microphysiological system to study the effects of COVID-19. The model consists of bronchial organoids and vascular beds and reveals the interactions between the bronchi and vasculature ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Professor Alessio Fasano, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US, has several relatives and friends raising children with autism—a neurological disorder characterized by impaired social behavior—so ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the inner walls of blood vessels, is responsible for many cardiovascular conditions. Dendritic cells, which act to recognize foreign substances in the body and mount an immune ...
Jan 24, 2024
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If the oxygen level in organs and tissues falls below normal, hypoxia occurs. Then the body launches defensive responses. In many ways, they coincide and overlap with the response to inflammation, because this process is ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Many people consider hookah smoking to be less dangerous than smoking regular cigarettes. Yet hookah smoke is known to contain carcinogens, heavy metals, and other compounds that cause inflammation and oxidative stress that ...
Jan 16, 2024
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