Medical research
Cells that make our insides slick also calm our spleens
It's called icing sugar spleen, when the usually purplish organ looks like it has been dipped in unhealthy white icing, and the surface is bumpy and thick.
Jun 2, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Improving the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy with modified CAR-T cells
CAR-T cell therapy is a last hope for many patients with blood, bone marrow or lymph gland cancer when other treatments such as chemotherapy are unsuccessful. A limiting factor of this otherwise very effective and safe therapy ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Stress enhances antibody quantity and quality, but impairs immunological memory: Study
Researchers at Tel Aviv University demonstrated for the first time that there is a significant link between behavioral stress and the effectiveness of vaccines. They found that acute stress in mice 9-12 days after vaccination ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Immunology
How immune cells switch to attack mode
Macrophages have two faces: In healthy tissue, they perform important tasks and support their environment. However during an infection, they stop this work and hunt down pathogens instead. Upon coming into contact with bacteria ...
Dec 17, 2019
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Immunology
Rapid recall to fight familiar foes
The immune system's first encounter with a potential threat is a valuable learning experience. Through a process of genetic recombination, our immune B cells can potentially produce a wide array of B cell receptor (BCR) molecules, ...
Aug 23, 2013
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Immunology
New hope for inflammatory disorders: Controlling dangerous immune response
The inflammatory response is indispensable for protective immunity, yet microbial pathogens often trigger an excessive response, a "cytokine storm," harmful to the host. Despite recent advances in our understanding of inflammatory ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers examine role of B cells in polycystic ovary syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormone disorder in women. Studies have shown that the change in hormones is accompanied by variations in immunological B cells. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now established ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Immunology
T cell antigen receptors act alone—longstanding immunological mystery solved
What happens when T cells detect suspicious activity in the body? Researchers from the TU Wien and the Medical University of Vienna have revealed that immune receptors of T cells operate in unsuspected ways.
Apr 17, 2018
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Medical research
Research suggests origins of key cells in the thymus
Medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) allow the thymus to ensure that the body's T cells are able to distinguish between potentially harmful foreign antigens and those that are produced by the body itself. A Swiss-Japanese ...
May 31, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Fighting cancer with the immune system
The human immune system has a natural ability to identify and attack tumor cells. Natural killer (NK) cells are innate immune cells that are particularly effective at killing tumor cells due to their ability to secrete cytotoxic ...
Jun 11, 2012
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