Immunology

Study could aid development of new drugs to treat gout

Findings from a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to the development of new drugs to treat gout. The study, led by Liang Qiao, MD, and his colleagues and collaborators, was published March ...

Medical research

A step towards a type 1 diabetes vaccine by using nanotherapy

For the first time, liposomes that imitate cells in the process of natural death have been used to treat diabetes. Researchers at Germans Trias Research Institute (at UAB-Campus of International Excellence Sphere) generated ...

Oncology & Cancer

Liposome research adds up to better cancer treatment options

In the race to find more effective ways to treat cancer, Boise State biophysicist Daniel Fologea is working outside the rules of general mathematics that say one plus one equals two. In his world, one plus one adds up to ...

Immunology

Steering the immune system with liposomes

Liposomes—nano-sized spheres composed of fatty molecules—are very promising for vaccination. Bio-pharmaceutical scientist Naomi Benne discovered that the immune response in animal models can be steered by varying the ...

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