Immunology
Cells change type to help or hinder immunity
In news that may bring hope to asthma sufferers, scientists discover a mechanism that provides a possible new target for allergy treatments.
Jun 5, 2017
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News tagged with worm infection
Immunology
Understanding the body's response to worms and allergies
Research from The University of Manchester is bringing scientists a step closer to developing new therapies for controlling the body's response to allergies and parasitic worm infections.
Apr 24, 2015
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Immunology
'Worm pill' could ease autoimmune disease symptoms
(Medical Xpress)—Experts believe a molecule in parasitic worms could help explain why worm infections can effectively treat a range of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and ...
Aug 11, 2014
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Immunology
Study shows vitamin A deficiency promotes type 2 barrier immunity
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers made up of members from a variety of institutions across the U.S. has found that a lack of vitamin A in the diet may help ward off worm infections. In their paper published in the ...
Medical research
White blood cell previously linked to infection may have another role
A new link between meal times and daily changes in the immune system has been identified by UC San Francisco researchers, and has led them to question assumptions about the roles of specific immune cells in infection and ...
Sep 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A bid to stamp out parasitic disease strongyloidiasis in remote Australian communities
Strongyloidiasis—a poorly understood parasitic worm disease common in remote Australian communities and some returned travelers, refugees or asylum seekers—is finally gaining attention in the national research arena.
Jan 12, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune cell discovery could lead to improved chronic worm treatment
Monash University researchers have uncovered why some intestinal worm infections become chronic in animal models, which could eventually lead to human vaccines and improved treatments.
Jul 31, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tropical disease transmitted by worms on verge of being curbed
Schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection that causes high fevers, is chronic and can be fatal, has prompted researchers to come up with better detection methods and an expected vaccine. This disease, caused by parasitic worms, ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Immunology
How a high fat diet allows expulsion of intestinal parasite worms
Scientists have discovered that a high-fat diet allows the immune system to eliminate a parasitic worm which is a major cause of death and illness in the developing world.
Feb 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Eliminating neglected diseases in Africa: There are good reasons for hope
Togo had reason to celebrate in 2022 when it became the first country in the world to eliminate four neglected tropical diseases. The west African nation stamped out Guinea worm disease in 2011, lymphatic filariasis in 2017, ...
Jan 27, 2023
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