Newly approved blood thinner may increase susceptibility to some viral infections
A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina indicates that a newly approved blood thinner that blocks a key component of the human blood clotting system may increase the risk and severity of certain viral ...
Medical research
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Researchers find link between blood clotting, immune response
Rice University researchers have found an unexpected link between a protein that triggers the formation of blood clots and other proteins that are essential for the body's immune system. The find could lead ...
Immunology
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Team discovers how cells distinguish friend from foe
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at UC Davis have shown how the innate immune system distinguishes between dangerous pathogens and friendly microbes. Like burglars entering a house, hostile bacteria give themselves away by ...
Immunology
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Study could aid development of new drugs to treat gout
Findings from a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to the development of new drugs to treat gout. The study, led by Liang Qiao, MD, and his colleagues and collaborators, was published March ...
Immunology
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Researchers design mouse with more human-like immune response
Medical scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have bred a first-of-its-kind mouse model that possesses an immune response system more like a human's. The discovery makes way for quicker ...
Immunology
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Monitoring of immune function in critically ill kids with influenza reveals severe immune suppression in non-survivors
(Medical Xpress)—Investigators from 15 children's medical centers, including Nationwide Children's Hospital, observed and evaluated critically ill children with influenza to evaluate the relationships between levels of ...
Immunology
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Infants with severe RSV disease may be immunosuppressed
Infants with severe lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) may have a dysfunctional innate immune response that relates to the severity of their disease. These are the findings from ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 10, 2012 |
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An advance toward a flu-fighting nasal spray
In an advance toward development of a nasal spray that protects against infection with influenza and spread of the disease, scientists are reporting identification of a substance that activates the first-line ...
Medications
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Lungs respond to hospital ventilator as if it were an infection
When hospital patients need assistance breathing and are placed on a mechanical ventilator for days at a time, their lungs react to the pressure generated by the ventilator with an out-of-control immune response that can ...
Medical research
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Why human body cannot fight HIV infection? Study results could lead to new drug therapies
University of Washington researchers have made a discovery that sheds light on why the human body is unable to adequately fight off HIV infection.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 12, 2012 |
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Keeping the flu away: Synthetic protein EP67 helps kick-start the immune system
San Diego State University researchers at the Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center may have found the secret to helping the immune system fight off the flu before it gets you sick.
Immunology
Jul 06, 2012 |
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Innate immune system protein provides a new target in war against bacterial infections
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified a possible new approach to defeating bacterial infections by targeting an innate immune system component in a bid to invigorate the immune response.
Immunology
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Both innate and adaptive immune responses are critical to the control of influenza
Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a study, published in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, by researchers from Oaklan ...
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Jun 28, 2012 |
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Researchers reveal crucial immune fighter role of the STING protein
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have unlocked the structure of a key protein that, when sensing certain viruses and bacteria, triggers the body's immediate immune response.
Medical research
Jun 18, 2012 |
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Babies' susceptibility to colds linked to immune response at birth
Innate differences in immunity can be detected at birth, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And babies with a better innate response to viruses have fewer respiratory illnesses ...
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