Immunology
Cell research on rare disease finds new link to inflammation
"How many people actually have this disease?"
Feb 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Potential drug target identified for Zika, similar viruses
Scientists potentially have found a way to disrupt Zika and similar viruses from spreading in the body.
Jun 17, 2016
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Immunology
Two new Epstein-Barr virus vaccines induce neutralizing antibodies in mice
A team of researchers from the French health care company Sanofi, working with the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute in the U.S., has developed two new vaccines against Epstein-Barr infections. ...
Medical research
Researchers find vital enzyme holds key to the fight against cancer and viral infections
A new study led by University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers identifies two ways in which APOBEC3A— a vital enzyme that is responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers while protecting our ...
Aug 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 infects sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium of COVID-19 patients
It is now widely known that COVID-19 is associated with the transient or long-term loss of olfaction (the sense of smell) but the mechanisms remain obscure. An unresolved question is whether the olfactory nerve can provide ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood filter may calm the cytokine storm of COVID-19
Cytokine storms created by COVID-19 are causing major organ destruction and death, and for the first time in the United States, when patients begin to show signs of trouble, physicians are replacing the usual filter in a ...
May 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Impacts of COVID on the immune system
So you've had COVID and have now recovered. You don't have ongoing symptoms and luckily, you don't seem to have developed long COVID.
Sep 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus strikes men, older people the hardest
(HealthDay)—The coronavirus is on the cusp of becoming a global pandemic and experts say that if it does, older people and men could be most at risk for serious illness and death.
Feb 28, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Inflammatory trigger a new clue in Alzheimer's
Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer's disease ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Medical research
Scientists discover safeguard that protects blood's 'Fountain of Youth'
Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery of a key protein that supports the production of healthy blood cells throughout life by regulating the body's inflammatory response.
Nov 9, 2020
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