Health
Immune study sheds light on vitamin D effects
Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
Apr 15, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Ketamine reverses neural changes underlying depression-related behaviors in mice
Researchers have identified ketamine-induced brain-related changes that are responsible for maintaining the remission of behaviors related to depression in mice—findings that may help researchers develop interventions that ...
Apr 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop treatment that turns tumors into cancer vaccine factories
Researchers at Mount Sinai have developed a novel approach to cancer immunotherapy, injecting immune stimulants directly into a tumor to teach the immune system to destroy it and other tumor cells throughout the body.
Apr 8, 2019
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Immunology
Immunotherapy kicks and kills HIV by exploiting a common virus
In a first on the quest to cure HIV, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health scientists report today in EBioMedicine that they've developed an all-in-one immunotherapy approach that not only kicks HIV out ...
Apr 3, 2019
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Immunology
Cytomegalovirus infection broadens spectrum of environmental allergens
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can convert a harmless, inhaled protein antigen into an allergen, according to a study published March 7 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Rafaela Holtappels from the University ...
Mar 7, 2019
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Neuroscience
Research demonstrates that the brain's primitive sensory region also participates in sophisticated learning
Columbia neuroscientists have revealed that a simple brain region, known for processing basic sensory information, can also guide complex feats of mental activity. The new study involving mice demonstrated that cells in the ...
Feb 19, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Nullifying protein YTHDF1 enhances anti-tumor response
Cancer immunotherapy—an approach that removes the barriers that protect cancer cells from a patient's immune system—has revolutionized the treatment of many cancer types. About 40 percent of melanoma patients, for example, ...
Feb 6, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Neuronal cytoskeletons involved in Alzheimer's disease
A researcher at the UPV/EHU participated in a study describing the loss of dynamics and subsequent impairment of the dendritic spines in Alzheimer's disease. Dendritic spines are the compartments of neurons responsible for ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Immunology
Five life lessons from your immune system
Scientists love analogies. We use them continually to communicate our scientific approaches and discoveries.
Jan 7, 2019
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Immunology
Scientists tackle two distinct immunological disorders
In two recent studies, a team of scientists reports the mechanisms underlying two distinct immunological disorders affecting children and adults. Stephanie Humblet-Baron (VIB-KU Leuven) was the researcher at the helm of both ...
Dec 21, 2018
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