(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working in Germany has found that intentionally infecting mice that had rheumatoid arthritis with a parasite, led to reduced symptoms of the immune disorder. In their paper published ...
Malnourished children are most likely to die from common infections, not starvation alone, and immune disorder may be part of the cause, according to a review led by Queen Mary University of London.
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A new research report appearing in the May 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggests that specific enzymes, called "salt-inducible kinases," may be able to help curb runaway inflammation associated with autoimmune ...
Apr 29, 2016
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Over the past few decades, the healthcare community has observed an intriguing phenomenon: diseases related to the immune system—type 1 diabetes (T1D) and other autoimmune diseases, allergies, and the like—have taken ...
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Emory researchers recently released a study comparing blood cytokine levels in patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. Cytokines are key signaling molecules of the immune system. The study ...
Mar 29, 2016
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Research by UC San Francisco scientists has opened up a surprising new avenue for potential therapies to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders that are associated with chronic tissue inflammation ...
Mar 11, 2016
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Sustained stress erodes memory, and the immune system plays a key role in the cognitive impairment, according to a new study from researchers at The Ohio State University.
Mar 1, 2016
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Chronic psychosocial and emotional stress has well-documented negative effects upon the human immune system, measurably increasing the risk of disease. Much less is known about the health effects of acute but transitory episodes ...
Mar 1, 2016
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In atherosclerosis, plaque builds up on the inner walls of arteries that deliver blood to the body. Studying mice and tissue samples from the arteries of patients, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
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(MedicalXpress)—A team of researchers working in the U.K. has fingered a pattern in gene-expression immune cells that could help doctors predict which people are likely to have adverse responses to vaccinations. In their ...
