News tagged with macrophage cells


Research: Single antibody shrinks variety of human tumors transplanted into mice

Human tumors transplanted into laboratory mice disappeared or shrank when scientists treated the animals with a single antibody, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The antibody works ...

Cancer created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find underlying mechanisms behind chronic inflammation-associated diseases

(Medical Xpress)—Inflammatory response plays a major role in both health protection and disease generation. While the symptoms of disease-related inflammatory response have been know, scientists have not ...

Inflammatory disorders created Feb 23, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Do salamanders hold the solution to regeneration?

Salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, scientists have ...

Medical research created May 20, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Intestinal bacteria produce neurotransmitter, could play role in inflammation

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified commensal bacteria in the human intestine that produce a neurotransmitter that may play a role in preventing or treating inflammatory ...

Inflammatory disorders created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Key driver of metastasis identified

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have identified a key mechanism of metastasis that could lead to blocking tumor growth if their findings are confirmed.

Cancer created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists pinpoint how vitamin D may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's

A team of academic researchers has identified the intracellular mechanisms regulated by vitamin D3 that may help the body clear the brain of amyloid beta, the main component of plaques associated with Alzheimer's ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers prevent mice from developing diabetes

(Medical Xpress) -- Swedish research group headed at Karolinska Institutet has been able to prevent onset of Type 1 diabetes in mice that are genetically susceptible to the disease. Through injection of specifically ...

Diabetes created Jun 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cholesterol-lowering eye drops could treat macular degeneration

A new study raises the intriguing possibility that drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may be effective against macular degeneration, a blinding eye disease.

Medical research created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell reprogramming to cure leukaemia and lymphoma

Researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona reprogramme lymphoma and leukaemia cells to halt their malignancy. Resulting cells remain benign even when no longer subjected to treatment and reduce ...

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Ground breaking cancer research finds immune system link

(Medical Xpress)—Curtin University researchers have found evidence that targeting specific cells in the body can reverse the effects of cancer on the immune system.

Cancer created May 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study suggests immune system can boost regeneration of peripheral nerves

Modulating immune response to injury could accelerate the regeneration of severed peripheral nerves, a new study in an animal model has found. By altering activity of the macrophage cells that respond to ...

Medical research created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find new mechanism by which cell signaling pathway contributes to rheumatoid arthritis development

A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery identifies the mechanism by which a cell signaling pathway contributes to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, the study provides evidence ...

Immunology created May 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

White blood cells found to play key role in controlling red blood cell levels

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that macrophages – white blood cells that play a key role in the immune response – also ...

Medical research created Mar 17, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers take a step forward in transplanting pig cells to regenerate human cartilage

Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have studied for the first time the response of human NK cells (Natural Killer) against porcine chondrocytes (cartilage cells).

Medical research created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast