Immunology
Adults harbor lots of risky autoreactive immune cells, study finds
Decades' worth of textbook precepts about how our immune systems manage to avoid attacking our own tissues may be wrong.
May 19, 2015
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Medical research
Research shows oral supplement increases body's storage of antioxidant
(Medical Xpress)—Oral supplementation of glutathione is effective in increasing the body's stores of the antioxidant, said Penn State College of Medicine researchers in study results presented at a conference today (April ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify tumor-based methylation patterns as cancer biomarkers
Biomarkers are often used during the management of cancer to guide treatment decisions and predict patient outcomes. However, it is often difficult to identify appropriate biomarkers that that can be consistently reproduced ...
May 18, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnant patients with anxiety shown to have altered immune systems
The immune system of pregnant women with anxiety is biologically different from that of pregnant women without anxiety, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
A new therapy for breast cancer is being designed using wasp venom
Scientists from the Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB Barcelona) have carried out successful in vitro tests using wasp venom to kill tumour cells. The next step will be to test its efficacy in mouse models.
Aug 5, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug compounds could provide non-toxic, effective way to inhibit enzymes that cause cancers
Drug compounds being developed at Purdue University could effectively target and inhibit protein kinase enzymes and secondary mutated versions that drive multiple types of cancers. The compounds are non-toxic compared to ...
Apr 25, 2017
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Medical research
Exploring a novel treatment for K-Ras mutant pancreatic tumors
Often undetected until it has progressed to an advanced stage, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal cancer. The K-Ras mutant pancreatic cancer is one of the most common types. At present, there are no effective ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Cardiology
Atherosclerosis: Induced cell death destabilizes plaques
Many chronic disorders arise from misdirected immune responses. A Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) team led by Oliver Söhnlein now shows that neutrophils exacerbate atherosclerosis by inducing smooth muscle-cell death ...
May 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New type of drug leads to hope against resistant ovarian cancer
Scientists at USC have discovered a new type of drug for the treatment of ovarian cancer that works in a way that should not only decrease the number of doses that patients need to take, but also may make it effective for ...
Oct 3, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Understanding how to improve antibodies targeting treatment of cancer
Scientists at the University of Southampton's Centre for Cancer Immunology have gained new insight into how the immune system can be better used to find and kill cancer cells.
Jan 8, 2021
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