Medical research
Researchers find accumulation of gene mutations in chronic graft-versus-host disease
Mutations in white blood cells can contribute to abnormal immune profile after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
May 7, 2020
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News tagged with cd4 cells
Oncology & Cancer
A new therapeutic target turns the immune system against lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a group of cancers that originate in the lymph nodes and affect white blood cells of the immune system called B cells. In NHL, B cells grow out of control and create tumors in the lymph nodes, ...
Apr 23, 2020
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Medical research
Exploring mechanisms of resistance to HIV in people with sickle cell disease
A new analysis supports prior reports that people with sickle cell disease have lower rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, but follow-up cell studies did not reveal a mechanism to explain the reduced risk. ...
Apr 8, 2020
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Medical research
Human skin suppresses inflammation after exposure to ultraviolet radiation
A study led by an NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre scientist has identified, for the first time, how the human skin suppresses inflammation after exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR).
Apr 7, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers reverse HIV latency, important scientific step toward cure
Approximately 38 million people are infected with HIV worldwide, about 1.1 million people in the United States. Currently, people with HIV take antiretroviral therapy (ART), which can suppress HIV to undetectable levels in ...
Jan 22, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
In animal models, a 'shocking' step toward a potential HIV cure
It's a leading research strategy for eliminating HIV from the body: "shock and kill." The idea is to activate the dormant virus from within the immune cells where it hides, then eliminate it. One obstacle has been finding ...
Jan 22, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
A newly discovered mechanism allows the immune system to detect and respond to HIV
Ever since antiretroviral treatments against HIV infection were introduced in 1996, scientists have eagerly been hunting for a cure for the disease.
Jan 9, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune cell discovery opens door to new powerful cancer therapies
Scientists at UCL have identified how a subset of immune cells are activated to kill cancerous cells, a finding in mice which could hold the key to new powerful therapies against cancer.
Jan 7, 2020
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Immunology
HIV patients lose smallpox immunity despite childhood vaccine, AIDS drugs
HIV patients lose immunity to smallpox even though they were vaccinated against the disease as children and have had much of their immune system restored with antiretroviral therapy, according to a study published in the ...
Jan 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cellular culprit suspected of pushing dengue fever from bad to worse is cleared by transcripts
No one knows what makes a mild dengue viral infection morph into a severe and sometimes deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. Experts previously believed the likely cause was ramped up activity of T cells, ...
Dec 24, 2019
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