Unlike other infectious diseases that affect the lungs, the immune response to fight tuberculosis (TB) infections develops at least twice as slowly. Until recently, the dynamic interplay between bacteria and the host's immune ...
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A research team led by Peter Sloot, professor of Complex Adaptive Systems at the University of Amsterdam, has managed to pinpoint the mechanisms behind the immune response triggered in patients undergoing open heart surgery. ...
Oct 11, 2018
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In Western societies, atherosclerosis of the arteries is one of the leading causes of death. Chronic, localized inflammation of the blood vessel wall facilitates the growth of fibrous plaques, which leads to narrowing or ...
Jun 3, 2011
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A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has identified a family of tiny RNA molecules that work as powerful regulators of the immune response in mammals. Mice who lack these RNA molecules lose their ...
Jun 30, 2013
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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have unlocked the structure of a key protein that, when sensing certain viruses and bacteria, triggers the body's immediate immune response.
Jun 18, 2012
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A new hybrid vehicle is under development. Its performance isn't measured by the distance it travels, but rather the delivery of its cargo: vaccines that contain genetically engineered DNA to fight HIV, cancer, influenza ...
Nov 25, 2014
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Exposure to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) in utero can help 'mature' a human neonatal immune system and may improve the capacity of human neonatal immune cells to respond to secondary infections, an international research team ...
Nov 4, 2015
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had detrimental effects on global infrastructure sectors, including economic, political, health care, education and research systems, and there is still no definitive treatment strategy for the disease. ...
Aug 5, 2020
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Aluminum salts, or alum, have been injected into billions of people as an adjuvant to make vaccines more effective. No one knows, however, how they boost the immune response. In the March 19, 2013, issue of the Proceedings ...
Apr 5, 2013
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Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind one of the Ebola virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune system.
May 2, 2013
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