Periodontitis is initiated by dysbiosis of the oral microbiome. Pathogenic bacteria elicit ineffective immune responses, which damage surrounding tissues and lead to chronic inflammation. Although current treatments typically ...
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Progenitor exhausted CD8+ T (Tpex) cells have emerged as a pivotal component in tumor immunotherapy due to their unique ability to self-renew and rapidly proliferate. These cells have shown promise in expanding and differentiating ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some children fought off COVID with few, if any, symptoms, only to go into organ failure a few weeks later.
Aug 7, 2024
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Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have discovered a treatment which accelerates the production and quality of pluripotent stem cells in mice. The discovery has the potential to improve disease modeling ...
Aug 7, 2024
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Researchers at TU Graz have published a video game about the health effects of the microbiome and what impact our lifestyle has on it.
Aug 7, 2024
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The complex dynamics between liver cancer stem cells (CSCs) and immune cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME) are central to the progression of liver cancer. These interactions are critical in creating an immunosuppressive ...
Aug 7, 2024
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Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a protein receptor on T immune cells that prevents the cells from killing other cells, such as cancer cells. Blocking CTLA-4 with a specific antibody is an effective treatment ...
Aug 7, 2024
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A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two new ways of preventing and treating respiratory viruses. In back-to-back papers in Nature Communications, the team—from the lab of Navin Varadarajan, ...
Aug 6, 2024
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A protein called Meteorin-like (METRNL) in the tumor microenvironment saps energy from T cells, thereby severely limiting their ability to fight cancer, according to new research directed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have "silent" lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong side effects, new research ...
Aug 6, 2024
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