News tagged with white blood cells

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Wolf in sheep's clothing: Uncovering how deadly bacteria trick immune system

An outbreak of tuberculosis in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles may have exposed up to 4,500 individuals to the bacterium that causes the deadly disease and has left federal officials scrambling ...

Medical research created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Distinct niches in bone marrow nurture blood stem cells

In research that could one day improve the success of stem cell transplants and chemotherapy, scientists have found that distinct niches exist in bone marrow to nurture different types of blood stem cells.

Medical research created Feb 24, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancer drug a possible treatment for multiple sclerosis

(Medical Xpress)—A drug that is currently used for cancer can relieve and slow down the progression of the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS) in rats, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE. The discovery, which ...

Medical research created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Association found between length of biological marker and development of respiratory infection

Among healthy adults who were administered a cold virus, those with shorter telomere length (a structure at the end of a chromosome) in certain cells were more likely to develop experimentally-induced upper respiratory infection ...

Medical research created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Monocyte migrations

LMU researchers led by Christian Weber have, for the first time, elucidated how cells that promote the development of atherosclerosis find their way to the blood vessel wall, where they stimulate the formation of obstructive ...

Medical research created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Variations within influenza strain may explain varying patient response

(Medical Xpress)—Just the mention of H1N1 can conjure up images of long lines of people waiting to be vaccinated, news reports of the severity of the pandemic and the count of the number of people who perished from the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facts on 'bute', pain drug found in horsemeat

Phenylbutazone, a painkiller for horses, can cause blood disorders in humans but at doses much higher than any one person is likely to ingest from eating horsemeat.

Other created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find calcium is the initial trigger in our immune response to healing

For the first time scientists studying the cellular processes underlying the body's response to healing have revealed how a flash of calcium is the very first step in repairing damaged tissue. The findings, published in Current Bi ...

Surgery created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pomalyst approved for advanced multiple myeloma

(HealthDay)—Pomalyst (pomalidomide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat cases of multiple myeloma that have not responded to other therapies.

Medications created Feb 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compound developed by scientists protects heart cells during and after attack

Using two different compounds they developed, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been able to show in animal models that inhibiting a specific enzyme protects heart cells and ...

Cardiology created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Study pioneers treatment for viral infection common in children

Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered a new way in which a very common childhood disease could be treated. In the first year of life, 65 per cent of babies get infected by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers design mouse with more human-like immune response

Medical scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have bred a first-of-its-kind mouse model that possesses an immune response system more like a human's. The discovery makes way for quicker ...

Immunology created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune system can use melanoma's own proteins to kill off cancer cells

Though a small group of proteins, the family called Ras controls a large number of cellular functions, including cell growth, differentiation, and survival. And because the protein has a hand in cellular division, mutated ...

Cancer created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds mutations linked to relapse of childhood leukemia

After an intensive three-year hunt through the genome, medical researchers have pinpointed mutations that leads to drug resistance and relapse in the most common type of childhood cancer—the first time anyone has linked ...

Genetics created Feb 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gleevec's latest approval is for pediatric cancer

(HealthDay)—The anti-cancer drug Gleevec (imatinib) has received new U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to treat the most common type of pediatric cancer, affecting some 2,900 children each year, the agency said ...

Cancer created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0