Scientists have—for the first time—shown how chemical triggers in the nervous system can amplify the pain experienced by mammals in response to certain stimuli.
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The discovery that immune T cells have a spectrum of responsiveness could shed light on how our immune system responds to infections and cancer, and what goes wrong in immune diseases. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, ...
Apr 14, 2020
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T cells play a huge role in our immune system's fight against modified cells in the body that can develop into cancer. Phagocytes and B cells identify changes in these cells and activate the T cells, which then start a full-blown ...
Jan 31, 2020
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An oncology researcher has made an unexpected contribution to the understanding of type 2 diabetes. In results published in Science Advances, Patrick Hu, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical ...
Dec 4, 2019
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Like separate entrance and exit doors on a building, a cell's outer surface has its own doors—channels, pumps, and transporters that selectively control what molecules may enter or exit. In the immune system, T cells—essential ...
Oct 8, 2019
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Lymphedema, resulting from a damaged lymphatic system, can be a debilitating disease in which excess protein-rich fluid (lymph) collects in soft tissues and causes swelling—most often in the arms or legs. Symptom severity ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Hacking into brain signals may be more straightforward than once thought.
Jun 18, 2019
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Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say that new experiments with mouse eye tissues strongly suggest that a longstanding "textbook concept" about the way a mammal's retina processes light needs a rewrite.
May 16, 2019
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A new University of Virginia study proves that a damaged peripheral nervous system is capable of repairing itself—when healthy cells are recruited there from the central nervous system. The finding has implications for ...
Apr 2, 2019
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While virtually all cells in an animal's body communicate with their neighbors in one way or another, many scientists thought that only neurons—the specialized cells that comprise much of the brain and nervous system—produce ...
Mar 4, 2019
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