Immunology
HIV drug could treat Alzheimer's, age-associated disorders
A new study found that an HIV drug significantly reduces age-related inflammation and other signs of aging in mice.
Feb 6, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists discover new way that HIV evades the immune system
Scientists have just discovered a new mechanism by which HIV evades the immune system, and which shows precisely how the virus avoids elimination. The new research shows that HIV targets and disables a pathway involving a ...
Apr 17, 2018
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Medical research
Scientists discover new causes of cellular decline in prematurely aging kids
In a recent paper published in Cell Reports, Saint Louis University researchers have uncovered new answers about why cells rapidly age in children with a rare and fatal disease. The data points to cellular replication stress ...
Mar 19, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New approach could help curtail hospitalizations due to influenza infection
More than 700,000 Americans were hospitalized due to illnesses associated with the seasonal flu during the 2014-15 flu season, according to federal estimates. A radical new approach to vaccine development at UCLA may help ...
Jan 18, 2018
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Immunology
Immune cells mistake heart attacks for viral infections
A study led by Kevin King, a bioengineer and physician at the University of California San Diego, has found that the immune system plays a surprising role in the aftermath of heart attacks. The research could lead to new ...
Nov 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virulence factor made by influenza virus is potential target for vaccine drug development
A new study describes how NS1, a protein produced by influenza A viruses, suppresses the body's immune responses to viral infection. Researchers present the potential to develop a live attenuated vaccine based on an engineered ...
Aug 14, 2017
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Immunology
Interferon shows promise as flu therapy
A molecule the body produces naturally in response to virus infection could be a viable flu treatment in the future, suggest researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London.
Sep 7, 2016
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Immunology
Shocking new role found for the immune system: Controlling social interaction
In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects - and even controls - creatures' ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel biomarkers may provide guide to personalized hepatitis C therapy
A simple blood test can be used to predict which chronic hepatitis C patients will respond to interferon-based therapy, according to a report in the May issue of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the ...
May 13, 2015
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Immunology
Study reveals how a cancer-causing virus blocks human immune response
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at San Francisco have revealed how a type of cancer-causing virus outwits the human body's immune response. The discovery might help explain ...
Jan 26, 2015
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