In a study reported in Nature this month, Yerkes National Primate Research Center researchers were key in determining that treating SIV-infected rhesus macaques with type 1 interferon, a protein known to trigger antiviral ...
Jul 23, 2014
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Though no proven treatment for COVID-19 currently exists, UC Riverside virologist Juliet Morrison feels there's a good chance one will emerge. Morrison, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, ...
Apr 23, 2020
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Adding vitamin B12 to standard hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment significantly boosts the body's ability to keep the virus at bay, indicates a pilot study published online in the journal Gut.
Jul 17, 2012
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Some cytokines can enhance the production of aberrantly O-glycosylated IgA1, the main autoantigen in IgA nephropathy. The mechanism behind this observation is described in the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research (JICR).
Jul 19, 2022
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Chronic inflammation caused by activation of the human immune system contributes to a large and rapidly growing list of diseases including some cancers, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, and autoimmune diseases. ...
Oct 15, 2014
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A study by Hans-Peter Hartung, M.D., of Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldoft, Germany, and colleagues examines the association between IL-17F and treatment response to interferon beta-1b among patients with relapsing-remitting ...
Jun 3, 2013
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Interleukin (IL)-15 is a cytokine with different modes of action, and a new article describes why it is important to selectively target the mode of action of the cytokine rather than IL-15 itself to inhibit its activity. ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Variation in the gene MUC5B among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was associated with improved survival, according to a study published online by JAMA. The study is being released early online to coincide with ...
May 21, 2013
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Researchers at UC Davis have found that the investigational cancer vaccine tecemotide, when administered with the chemotherapeutic cisplatin, boosted immune response and reduced the number of tumors in mice with lung cancer. ...
Mar 20, 2014
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Tuberculosis (TB) used to kill one in seven people around the world before the advent of antibiotics. However the increasing prevalence of multi-drug resistant TB means that doctors are running out of options in trying to ...
Feb 17, 2016
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