News tagged with natural antibodies
Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study (Update)
Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
May 07, 2013 |
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Team finds antibody that transforms bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells
In a serendipitous discovery, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells.
Medical research
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Immune cell 'survival' gene key to better myeloma treatments
Scientists have identified the gene essential for survival of antibody-producing cells, a finding that could lead to better treatments for diseases where these cells are out of control, such as myeloma and ...
Immunology
Feb 03, 2013 |
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Research shows immune system response is detrimental to novel brain cancer therapy
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the response of natural killer (NK) cells is detrimental to glioblastoma virotherapy, a novel way of treating malignant brain cancer by injecting a virus into the tumor. ...
Cancer
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's disease in mice alleviated promising therapeutic approach for humans
Pathological changes typical of Alzheimer's disease were significantly reduced in mice by blockade of an immune system transmitter. A research team from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the University ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nov 25, 2012 |
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People with natural immunity to HIV may serve as basis for new vaccine
(Medical Xpress)—Despite urgent need and tremendous scientific effort, researchers have yet to discover a vaccine for HIV that adequately protects humans from infection. But some people don't need one. For reasons not completely ...
HIV & AIDS
Nov 09, 2012 |
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New study to combat the most common form of liver cancer
Scientists at the University of Southampton are to investigate the best way to use natural killer cells (NK) to target the most common form of liver cancer.
Cancer
Oct 12, 2012 |
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Scientists devise powerful new method for finding therapeutic antibodies
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a new technique that should greatly speed the discovery of medically and scientifically useful antibodies, immune system proteins that detect and destroy invaders such ...
Medical research
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Researchers discover new target for vaccine development in abundant immune cells
White blood cells called neutrophils, which are the first line of defense against infection, play an unexpected role by boosting antibody production, according to research led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The findings ...
Immunology
Jul 24, 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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Malaria immunity in the spotlight
(Medical Xpress) -- Mothers who are treated for malaria may pass on lower levels of natural immunity to their young, animal studies show.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 23, 2012 |
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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
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Enhancing the effectiveness of a breast cancer treatment
Breast cancers expressing the protein HER2 have a particularly poor prognosis. Treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) benefits some patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, but it is not as effective as had been hoped. ...
Cancer
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Multiple malaria vaccine offers protection to people most at risk
A new malaria vaccine could be the first to tackle different forms of the disease and help those most vulnerable to infection, a study suggests.
Medical research
Oct 26, 2011 |
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St. Michael's North America first to use novel blood-cleaning procedure for kidney transplant
St. Michael's Hospital today became the first in North America to use a novel blood-cleaning procedure for a kidney patient that will allow him to receive a transplant from a donor with a different blood type.
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Jul 26, 2011 |
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