Immunology
Striking a balance between immunity and inflammation
Hookworms infect nearly 430 million people in the world, mostly in countries where sanitation is poor, and people often walk barefoot.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zika suppresses virus-fighting cells: study
More than two years after reports of skyrocketing Zika rates surfaced worldwide, questions still loom about this complicated virus.
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Immunology
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells
Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop diarrhea, which can be severe and in some cases life-threatening. Their problems occur when contractions in the smooth muscle lining the ...
Jun 26, 2018
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Immunology
Neuron guidance factor found to play a key role in immune cell function
Macrophages are white blood cells involved in a variety of biological functions, from destroying infectious pathogens to repairing damaged tissue. To carry out their different roles, macrophages must first be activated and ...
May 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug combination overcomes barrier to effective melanoma immunotherapy
Immunotherapies are treatments that stimulate a patient's immune cells to attack tumors. They can be very effective in melanoma—a common and aggressive form of skin tumor—but nonetheless fail in the majority of patients. ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Smart molecules trigger white blood cells to become better cancer-eating machines
A team of researchers has engineered smart protein molecules that can reprogram white blood cells to ignore a self-defense signaling mechanism that cancer cells use to survive and spread in the body. Researchers say the advance ...
Sep 28, 2017
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Immunology
Battling belly fat: Specialized immune cells impair metabolism in aging
In a new study, Yale researchers have described how nervous systems and immune systems talk to each other to control metabolism and inflammation. Their finding furthers scientists' understanding of why older adults fail to ...
Sep 27, 2017
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Immunology
Single strep bacteria protein sets off white blood cell's early warning system
Group A Streptococcus bacteria—the cause of strep throat and flesh-eating infections—have been well studied for nearly a century. But researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School ...
Aug 7, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers engineer macrophages to engulf cancer cells in solid tumors
One reason cancer is so difficult to treat is that it avoids detection by the body. Agents of the immune system are constantly checking the surfaces of cells for chemical signals that say they belong, but cancer cells express ...
Jul 14, 2017
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Surgery
Researchers discover indicator of lung transplant rejection
Research by scientists at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Norton Thoracic Institute was published in the July 12, 2017 issue of Science Translational Medicine titled "Zbtb7a induction in alveolar ...
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