Medications
Two new treatments for Crohn's disease equally effective
Two new treatments for Crohn's disease showed roughly equal performance in a clinical trial, according to findings published in The Lancet.
Jul 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune sensor ZBP1 links interferon treatment and dangerous inflammatory cell death during COVID-19
Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shown that the innate immune sensor, ZBP1, and its associated inflammatory cell death pathway, PANoptosis, are major contributors to the negative effects of interferon ...
May 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study in mice suggests that COVID-19 increases risk of developing Parkinson's disease
Brain fog, headaches, and insomnia are some of the neurological symptoms doctors have observed in COVID-19 patients. Neurological sequelae after a viral infection is not new—in fact, following the 1918 influenza pandemic, ...
May 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Some cases of long COVID-19 may be caused by an abnormally suppressed immune system
A UCLA-led team of researchers studying the effect of the monoclonal antibody Leronlimab on long COVID-19 may have found a surprising clue to the baffling syndrome, one that contradicts their initial hypothesis. An abnormally ...
Apr 22, 2022
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Medical research
Why are people with allergic asthma less susceptible to severe COVID?
The vast majority of people infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 experience mild cold-like symptoms, moderate flu-like symptoms, or no symptoms at all, but the virus is so transmissible that it still spread deep ...
Mar 30, 2022
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Immunology
Researchers are studying ways to ease asthma symptoms caused by seasonal allergies
Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology are studying new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma. Their findings were recently published in Science Immunology.
Mar 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover part of the origins of metastasis
Metastatic cells occur in many forms of cancer. They originate in primary tumors and then break away and migrate. They travel through the tissues surrounding them, through blood vessels or lymphatic channels. Along the way, ...
Mar 8, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists use CRISPR activation method to reveal 'Rosetta Stone' of immune cell function
CRISPR genome editing has served as a powerful tool for deleting or altering DNA sequences and studying the resulting effect. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) have co-opted the CRISPR-Cas9 ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Immunology
Discovering a new B cell that tempers autoimmunity
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have identified, isolated, and characterized a unique population of B cells that tamps down the immune system, reducing chronic inflammation. Infusions of purified IL-27 regulatory ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Rheumatoid arthritis finding may lead to new inflammation blockers
Mayo Clinic researchers have linked the T cell dysfunction seen in rheumatoid arthritis with a metabolic deficiency, reported in a new Nature Immunology publication.
Nov 22, 2021
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