News tagged with t cells
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New findings shift research direction in lupus and asthma
(Medical Xpress) -- Newfound details of the immune system suggest a role for never-before-considered drug classes in the treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study ...
Immunology
May 29, 2012 |
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T cells 'hunt' parasites like animal predators seek prey, study shows
By pairing an intimate knowledge of immune-system function with a deep understanding of statistical physics, a cross-disciplinary team at the University of Pennsylvania has arrived at a surprising finding: T cells use a movement ...
Medical research
May 27, 2012 |
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Gene therapy can correct forms of severe combined immunodeficiency
Severe combined immunodeficiency is defect in the immune system that results in a loss of the adaptive immune cells known as B cells and T cells. Mutations in several different genes can lead to the development of severe ...
Immunology
May 24, 2012 |
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T cell imbalance increases risk for gastrointestinal infection recurrence
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that an imbalance in the regulation of certain T cells—the cells in the body that fight off infection or attack the system in certain autoimmune diseases—may ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 21, 2012 |
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Finnish researchers identify the cause for LGL leukemia
Researchers of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, have discovered that a mutation in the STAT3 gene is an underlying cause for LGL leukemia. Since ...
Cancer
May 16, 2012 |
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FDA-approved drug daclizumab makes established cancer vaccine work better
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania found that the FDA-approved drug daclizumab improved the survival of breast cancer patients taking ...
Cancer
May 16, 2012 |
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Predicting cancer relapse: Study finds high-throughput sequencing bests flow cytometry
A study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that a next-generation, high-speed DNA-decoding technology called high-throughput sequencing can detect the earliest signs of potential relapse ...
Cancer
May 16, 2012 |
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Exhaustion renders immune cells less effective in cancer treatment
Rather than stimulating immune cells to more effectively battle cancerous tumors, treatment with the protein interleukin-12 (IL-12) has the opposite effect, driving these intracellular fighters to exhaustion, a Mayo Clinic ...
Immunology
May 09, 2012 |
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A new clue to predicting pre-eclampsia
(Medical Xpress) -- An indication of whether a mother will develop pre-eclampsia, the most common and severe pregnancy-related disease, has been identified by a University of Sydney study.
Immunology
May 09, 2012 |
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Fighting cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- ‘Hijacking’ cells that normally attack common infections to target cancer instead could offer the body a ready-made army against the killer disease University researchers and ...
Cancer
May 09, 2012 |
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Regulatory immune cell diversity tempers autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis
Untangling the root cause of rheumatoid arthritis has been a difficult task for immunologists, as decades of research has pointed to multiple culprits in our immune system, with contradictory lines of evidence. Now, researchers ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
May 08, 2012 |
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T cell-based HIV gene therapy safe over long term
(HealthDay) -- T cell-based gene therapy for HIV seems safe, with no evidence of vector-induced cell immortalization more than a decade after treatment, according to a study published in the May 2 issue of ...
HIV & AIDS
May 07, 2012 |
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Mechanism ID'd for benefit of stem cells in autoimmunity
(HealthDay) -- Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) activate a mechanism involving coupling of FAS/FAS ligand to induce T cell apoptosis and immune tolerance, according to an experimental study published ...
Medical research
May 02, 2012 |
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Genetically modified T cell therapy shown to be safe, lasting in decade-long study of HIV patients
HIV patients treated with genetically modified T cells remain healthy up to 11 years after initial therapy, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in the new issue of Science Tr ...
HIV & AIDS
May 02, 2012 |
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'Thin red line' around breast cancer
A pioneering approach to imaging breast cancer in mice has revealed new clues about why the human immune system often fails to attack tumors and keep cancer in check. This observation, by scientists at the ...
Cancer
May 02, 2012 |
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