Cardiology
Haywire T cells attack protein in "bad" cholesterol
Preventing atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of heart disease, means scientists need to understand how immune cells drive inflammation in the arteries.
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Genetics
Killer T vs. memory: DNA isn't destiny for T cells
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have solved an immunology puzzle. A CD8+ T cell can have two functionally distinct daughter cells after it divides, despite the cells being genetically identical. The researchers ...
May 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
'STING' protein's efforts to clean up brain cell damage may speed Parkinson's disease progress
In studies with mouse and human tissue, as well as live mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a snag in the normal process of cleaning up broken DNA in brain cells may hasten the progression of Parkinson's ...
May 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dynamics of adaptive immunity in tuberculosis uncovered
Unlike other infectious diseases that affect the lungs, the immune response to fight tuberculosis (TB) infections develops at least twice as slowly. Until recently, the dynamic interplay between bacteria and the host's immune ...
May 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19, MIS-C and Kawasaki disease share same immune response
The emergence of COVID-19 had doctors racing to define and treat the new disease, but they soon discovered it was not the only novel illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. A subset of children infected by the virus also experienced ...
May 16, 2022
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Medical research
Multi-tissue cell atlases lead to leap of understanding of immunity and disease
The Human Cell Atlas goal of mapping every cell type in the human body to transform our knowledge of biology, infection and disease is a milestone step closer with four studies published in Science today.
May 12, 2022
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Immunology
Researchers find a trigger for cell suicide; could lead to new skin infection therapies
Emory University researchers have discovered a mechanism for skin cell death that could eventually result in new treatments for ailments such as "flesh-eating" infections, alopecia, hives and potentially even the deadliest ...
May 12, 2022
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Cardiology
Heart artery plaque immune cells cross-react with virus and vascular proteins, a potential cause of heart attack
Researchers at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute have discovered how viruses like influenza and SARS-CoV-2 as well as their associated vaccines may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart inflammation, and other ...
May 9, 2022
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Medical research
Model finds COVID-19 deaths among elderly may be due to genetic limit on cell division
Your immune system's ability to combat COVID-19, like any infection, largely depends on its ability to replicate the immune cells effective at destroying the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease. These cloned immune cells ...
May 7, 2022
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Medical research
Study preserves memory in mice, offering promising new basis for active immunization against Alzheimer's disease
During experiments in animal models, researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a possible new approach to immunization against Alzheimer's disease (AD).
May 3, 2022
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