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Neutrophils: White blood cells mediate insulin resistance

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say neutrophils, an abundant type of white blood cell typically tasked with attacking bacteria and other foreign invaders, also plays ...

Medical research created Aug 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Type 1 diabetes and heart disease linked by inflammatory protein

Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes appears to increase the risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death among people with high blood sugar, partly by stimulating the production of calprotectin, a protein that sparks ...

Inflammatory disorders created May 07, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

White blood cell enzyme contributes to inflammation and obesity

Many recent studies have suggested that obesity is associated with chronic inflammation in fat tissues. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have discovered that an ...

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new technique to study how myeloids become white blood cells

University of Illinois cell and developmental Biology professor Fei Wang and colleagues have created a new technique to study how myeloids, a type of blood stem cell, become the white blood cells important for immune system ...

Cancer created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A surprise mechanism uncovered in the development of lupus

In a study with a surprising outcome, scientists at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that an enzyme complex known for promoting natural resistance to bacteria and fungi unexpectedly inhibits the development ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mathematical model may lead to safer chemotherapy

Cancer chemotherapy can be a life-saver, but it is fraught with severe side effects, among them an increased risk of infection. Until now, the major criterion for assessing this risk has been the blood cell count: if the ...

Medical research created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight loss led to reduction in inflammation

Postmenopausal women who were overweight or obese and lost at least 5 percent of their body weight had a measurable reduction in markers of inflammation, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the ...

Cancer created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New immune defence enzyme discovered

(Medical Xpress) -- Neutrophil granulocytes comprise important defences for the immune system. When pathogenic bacteria penetrate the body, they are the first on the scene to mobilise other immune cells via ...

Immunology created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Microneedle vaccine patch boosts flu protection through robust skin cell immune response

Recent research found that microneedle vaccine patches are more effective at delivering protection against influenza virus in mice than subcutaneous or intramuscular inoculation. A new, detailed analysis of the early immune ...

Immunology created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research sheds light on how immune system's 'first responders' target infection

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered previously unsuspected aspects of the guidance system used by the body's first line of defense against infection.

Immunology created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How immune cells move against invaders

UCSF scientists have discovered the unexpected way in which a key cell of the immune system prepares for battle. The finding, they said, offers insight into the processes that take place within these cells and could lead ...

Immunology created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The existence of neutrophils in the spleen discovered

For the first time, it has been discovered that neutrophils exist in the spleen without there being an infection. This important finding made by the research group on the Biology of B Cells of IMIM (Hospital ...

Medical research created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen peroxide provides clues to immunity, wound healing and tumor biology

Hydrogen peroxide isn't just that bottled colorless liquid in the back of the medicine cabinet that's used occasionally for cleaning scraped knees and cut fingers.

Medical research created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Blocking inflammation could lead to tailored medical treatments

By using a mouse model of inflammation researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered a new class of molecules that can inhibit the recruitment of some white blood cells to sites of inflammation in the body. A provisional ...

Medical research created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast