Immunology
'Missing link' explains how viruses trigger immunity
A discovery by Melbourne researchers has solved a longstanding mystery of how viruses trigger protective immunity within our body.
Sep 12, 2017
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News tagged with protective response
Inflammatory disorders
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 understood the ...
Feb 23, 2013
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Medical research
Novel treatment for gonorrhea acts like a 'live vaccine,' prevents reinfection
A new gonorrhea treatment, based on an anti-cancer therapy developed by a Buffalo startup company, has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection from female mice and prevented reinfection, according to research published ...
Sep 18, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Immune distraction' from previous colds leads to worse COVID infections
At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, we were hopeful that pre-existing immunity to the common cold could protect you from COVID, but new evidence suggests that sometimes the opposite can happen. A new University of Rochester ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Immunology
Why some people don't experience vaccine side effects, and why it's not a problem
Most vaccines have side-effects and COVID vaccines are no different. The public are being reassured that if they experience a sore arm where the needle went in, or tiredness, a headache, fever or nausea, these are merely ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Immunology
Study explores whole-body immunity
Over the next few months, millions of people will receive vaccinations in the hope of staving off the flu—and the fever, pain, and congestion that come with it.
Nov 21, 2017
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Medical research
Skin sentry cells promote distinct immune responses
A new study reveals that just as different soldiers in the field have different jobs, subsets of a type of immune cell that polices the barriers of the body can promote unique and opposite immune responses against the same ...
Jul 21, 2011
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Immunology
Researchers discover COVID-19 does not infect immune cells that contribute to chronic inflammation
A treatment to prevent runaway inflammation in patients with severe COVID-19 is a step closer after a University of Queensland-led study into how immune cells respond to the virus.
May 3, 2023
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Addiction
Study shows link between smoking and chronic pain in women
Kentucky women who smoke heavily may experience more chronic musculoskeletal pain, suggests a new study led by University of Kentucky researchers.
Sep 28, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
5 ways our immune responses to COVID vaccines are unique
The Oxford vaccine trial at the center of safety concerns this week highlights the idea that people's immune systems respond to vaccines differently.
Sep 10, 2020
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