HIV & AIDS
New insights into HIV virus shed light on how it evades immune surveillance
About 36 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses and approximately 38 million people globally are living with HIV.
May 25, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
One step closer to defeating Alzheimer's disease
Tackling brain inflammation ameliorates Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Mar 2, 2015
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Immunology
Autism may be linked to abnormal immune system characteristics and novel protein fragment
Immune system abnormalities that mimic those seen with autism spectrum disorders have been linked to the amyloid precursor protein (APP), reports a research team from the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry ...
Jan 3, 2012
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Medical research
Molecular 'kiss of death' flags pathogens
Many bugs that make us sick—bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites—hide out in our cells in protective little bubbles called vacuoles. To clear an infection, the immune system must recognize and destroy these vacuoles ...
Sep 28, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds breast cancer cells able to turn off interferon production to avoid immune response
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers working in Australia have found that certain breast cancer cells are able to switch off the gene that is responsible for causing the production of interferon, an immunity response protein that ...
Oncology & Cancer
Drug that targets key mutation found to shrink some tumors
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and Australia (and sponsored by pharmaceutical company Amgen Research) has found that a drug they optimized to target a protein produced due to mutations ...
HIV & AIDS
People with natural immunity to HIV may serve as basis for new vaccine
(Medical Xpress)—Despite urgent need and tremendous scientific effort, researchers have yet to discover a vaccine for HIV that adequately protects humans from infection. But some people don't need one. For reasons not completely ...
Nov 9, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel monoclonal antibody therapy for SARS-CoV-2
An entirely new approach to monoclonal antibody therapy shows that targeting the more genetically stable internal protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus rather than the surface spike protein can also clear SARS-CoV-2, reports a ...
Oct 14, 2022
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Immunology
Scientists uncover proteins essential for memory B cell survival
Signals from two key proteins are essential for the survival of our 'immunological memory', according to new research from scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Oct 30, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Turning cold tumors hot: Drug delivery system makes immunotherapy more effective
Immunotherapy, which unleashes the power of the body's own immune system to find and destroy cancer cells, has shown promise in treating several types of cancer.
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