Could cancer immunotherapy success depend on gut bacteria?
Could the response to cancer immunotherapy depend on bacteria that originate in the gut and travel to the tumor?
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Could the response to cancer immunotherapy depend on bacteria that originate in the gut and travel to the tumor?
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McMaster University researchers have identified an antibacterial compound made by cannabis plants that may serve as a lead for new drug development.
Feb 26, 2020
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A new study has uncovered key details for how the Salmonella bacteria that causes typhoid fever identifies a host's immune cells and delivers toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread.
Feb 25, 2020
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The first detailed cell atlas of the immune cells and gut bacteria within the human colon has been created by researchers. The study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and collaborators revealed different immune niches, showing ...
Feb 18, 2020
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One of the causes of breast cancer may be inflammation triggered by harmful bacteria say researchers.
Jan 24, 2020
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Researchers at San Diego State University have found a new way to harness food as medicine, which has far reaching implications to control harmful microbes in our gut while balancing microbial diversity by fostering the growth ...
Jan 13, 2020
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Staph bacteria, the leading cause of potentially dangerous skin infections, are most feared for the drug-resistant strains that have become a serious threat to public health. Attempts to develop a vaccine against methicillin-resistant ...
Dec 24, 2019
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The immune system must learn from early in life to tolerate bacteria that normally populate healthy skin, while still defending against more dangerous "bugs," but how immune cells make this distinction has long been a mystery.
Nov 26, 2019
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Melbourne researchers have identified what makes a specialised immune cell, known as mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT), cells boost their numbers and attack foreign invaders at the site of the infection.
Nov 15, 2019
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A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, both in India, have found that the antimalarial drug chloroquine can make the tuberculosis bacteria more sensitive to ...