Genetics
Genes reveal clues about people's potential life expectancy
Scientists say they can predict whether a person can expect to live longer or die sooner than average, by looking at their DNA.
Jan 15, 2019
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Immunology
Faulty immune receptor could be reason why many face HIV complications
For HIV patients, treatments that control the infection have come a long way. But many still struggle with a host of other disease-related complications such as neurocognitive disorders, cardiovascular issues, diabetes and ...
Jan 7, 2019
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Diabetes
Researchers discover link between gut and type 1 diabetes
Scientists have found that targeting micro-organisms in the gut, known as microbiota, could have the potential to help prevent type 1 diabetes.
Feb 19, 2018
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Genes explain higher prevalence of CVD in chronic IMID patients
The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 represent an important step towards characterising the genetic basis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in chronic immune-mediated ...
Jun 16, 2017
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Immunology
Genetic variant linked to overactive inflammatory response
Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered that genetic variation is the reason why some immune systems overreact to viruses.
Feb 28, 2017
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Diabetes
Recurrent viral respiratory tract infections during first six months and risk of T1 diabetes
In a study appearing in the May 3, 2016 issue of JAMA, Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, M.D., of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Munich, Germany, and colleagues examined associations between infection types during the first 2 years of ...
May 3, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumors contain the seeds of their own destruction
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in understanding how the genetic complexity of tumours can be recognised and exploited by the immune system, even when the disease is at its most advanced stages.
Mar 3, 2016
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Immunology
DNA as a weapon of immune defense
Our innate immune system, made up mainly of phagocytes, protects our body by exterminating bacteria. To do this, it uses two mechanisms. The first kills foreign bodies within the phagocyte itself. The second kills them outside ...
Mar 1, 2016
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Immunology
Researchers identify an enzyme as a major culprit of autoimmune diseases
Activating an enzyme that sounds an alarm for the body's innate immune system causes two lethal autoimmune diseases in mice, while inhibiting the same enzyme rescues them, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
Oct 27, 2015
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Genetics
Genetic variation is key to fighting viruses
Using a genome-wide association study, EPFL scientists have identified subtle genetic changes that can cause substantial differences to how we fight viral infections.
Oct 8, 2015
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