Certain changes in the genetic material of pathogens can alter their ability to infect human cells or protect them better from defense by the immune system. Researchers were able to observe this effect particularly impressively ...
Aug 23, 2024
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown for the first time how and why the depletion of microbes in a newborn's gut by antibiotics can lead to lifelong respiratory allergies.
Aug 20, 2024
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Proteins left behind by COVID-19 long after initial infection can cause cortisol levels in the brain to plummet, inflame the nervous system and prime its immune cells to hyper-react when another stressor arises, according ...
Aug 19, 2024
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Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have made significant progress in understanding how cells communicate during inflammation. The study, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Aug 14, 2024
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For years, the treatment of early-stage prostate cancers that haven't spread beyond the organ has often included the removal of nearby lymph nodes in the pelvis. It's done as a precaution and as a means of "staging" the disease.
Aug 12, 2024
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An activity pattern in certain genes responsible for building proteins known as spleen tyrosine kinases can predict which melanoma patients are likely to have severe side effects from immunotherapy designed to treat the most ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Nearly 100 wildfires are currently raging throughout the country, burning more than 2 million acres. The rising frequency of these fires poses a special concern for anesthesiologists—the potential for increased rates of ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Within an international collaboration of 30 scientists, TU/e professors Jan van Hest and Willem Mulder are working on nanotechnological research to accurately stimulate the immune system. The TU/e team is focusing on the ...
Aug 1, 2024
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In an innovative study of glioblastoma, scientists used artificial intelligence (AI) to reprogram cancer cells, converting them into dendritic cells (DCs), which can identify cancer cells and direct other immune cells to ...
Aug 1, 2024
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