News tagged with white blood cells

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New key element discovered in pathogenesis of Burkitt lymphoma

Burkitt lymphoma is a malignant, fast-growing tumor that originates from a subtype of white blood cells called B lymphocytes of the immune system and often affects internal organs and the central nervous system. Now Dr. Sandrine ...

Cancer created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene discovery could improve treatment for acute myeloid leukemia

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have made a discovery involving mice and humans that could mean that people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a rare and usually fatal cancer, are a ...

Cancer created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood cancer cells initiate signalling cascade

Researchers in the group of Prof. Dr. Hassan Jumaa, Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS) of the University of Freiburg, Department for Molecular Immunology, have identified a new mechanism that ...

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Preschool within lymphatic vessels

Not only infants crawl. ETH researchers have shown that so-called dendritic cells, important cells of the immune system, use a similar mode of movement more often than previously assumed. The scientists us ...

Medical research created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic exposure to staph bacteria may be risk factor for lupus, study finds

Chronic exposure to even small amounts of staph bacteria could be a risk factor for the chronic inflammatory disease lupus, Mayo Clinic research shows. Staph, short for Staphylococcus aureus, is a germ commonly found on the ...

Immunology created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New scientific method unmasks chronic infections

Chronic infections are a large and growing problem throughout the developed world, and intensive research is being conducted in ways to combat the recalcitrant bacteria. When bacteria aggregate into so-called biofilm, they ...

Medical research created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers discover blood biomarker for Lou Gehrig's disease, could lead to new treatments

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to discover that changes in monocytes (a type of white blood cell) are a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. This finding ...

Medical research created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Zaltrap approved for advanced colorectal cancer

(HealthDay) -- Zaltrap (ziv-afilbercept) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in combination with a FOLFIRI chemotherapy regimen for adults with advanced metastatic (spreading) colorectal cancer, the ...

Medications created Aug 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify genetic drivers of leukaemia

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at Newcastle University have discovered three key genetic errors which can dictate how adult patients develop leukaemia and respond to treatment and could help doctors adapt ...

Cancer created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Difficult to diagnose cases of infectious endocarditis solved with SPECT/CT imaging agent

When combined with standard diagnostic tests, functional imaging procedures have been shown to reduce the rate of misdiagnosed cases of infectious endocarditis. According to new research published in the August ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research team finds possible clue to progression of multiple sclerosis

Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers, working with colleagues in Canada, have found that one or more substances produced by a type of immune cell in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may play a role in ...

Neuroscience created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery of new white blood cell reveals target for better vaccine design

Researchers in Newcastle and Singapore have identified a new type of white blood cell which activates a killing immune response to an external source – providing a new potential target for vaccines for conditions such ...

Immunology created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New stroke treatments becoming a reality

Scientists led by the President of The University of Manchester have demonstrated a drug which can dramatically limit the amount of brain damage in stroke patients.

Neuroscience created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pioneering research shows drug can purge dormant HIV

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have published pioneering research showing that a drug used to treat certain types of lymphoma was able to dislodge hidden virus in patients receiving treatment ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast