Medical research
Immune response depends on mathematics of narrow escapes
The way immune cells pick friends from foes can be described by a classic math puzzle known as the "narrow escape problem."
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Oncology & Cancer
Confining cell-killing treatments to tumors
Cytokines, small proteins released by immune cells to communicate with each other, have for some time been investigated as a potential cancer treatment.
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Immunology
Bacteria in fermented food signal the human immune system, explaining health benefits
Researchers have discovered that humans and great apes possess a receptor on their cells that detects metabolites from bacteria commonly found in fermented foods and triggers movement of immune cells. Claudia Stäubert of ...
May 23, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fighting staph infections with the body's immune system
Researchers have gained a greater understanding of the biology of staphylococcus skin infections in mice and how the mouse immune system mobilizes to fight them. A study appears this week in the PNAS. Community acquired methicillin-resistant ...
May 15, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumor-selective angiotensin blockers may improve response to cancer immunotherapy
A research team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that combining a specialized version of an antihypertension drug with immune checkpoint ...
Apr 29, 2019
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Immunology
Researchers discover an unexpected organization of antimicrobial molecules that amplifies immune response
In autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis or lupus, the immune system goes into overdrive in response to people's own DNA being released from damaged cells—a reaction that can cause severe inflammation in the body.
Mar 5, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
T-cell receptor diversity may be key to treatment of follicular lymphoma, study finds
Healthy white blood cells, called "T-cells," play a crucial role in how the body fights follicular lymphoma. That's according to the results of a study led by Mayo Clinic hematologists Zhi Zhang Yang, M.D., and Stephen Ansell, ...
Feb 20, 2019
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Genetics
Decoding the human immune system
For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than the human genome. In a new study published in Nature from the Human Vaccines Project, scientists ...
Feb 13, 2019
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Medical research
Molecular mechanisms of cancer transmissibility in Tasmanian devils
Tumors usually grow exclusively from where their cell of origin derives. In humans, apart from some rare cases like the accidental transmission through a cut during surgery, there are no reports of contagious cancer cells. ...
Jan 14, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune receptor provides protective immunity against Group A Streptococcus
Group A Streptococcus (GAS), sometimes known as "flesh-eating bacteria," causes invasive infections that result in high mortality. GAS is susceptible to many antibiotics, but continues to cause devastating infections. Many ...
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