When fat accumulates in the liver, the immune system may assault the organ. A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers identifies the molecule that trips these defenses, a discovery that helps to explain the dynamics ...
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The immune cells that protect us from infection and cancer seek out a wide array of fuel sources to power their function—including some long thought to be cellular waste products.
Aug 17, 2022
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Melbourne researchers have discovered that cancer and immune cells rely on the same energy sources from our body to thrive, which could trigger a fundamental rethink of treatment options for some lung cancer patients.
Jun 30, 2022
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A recently published study by Houston Methodist scientists suggests telltale signs of concussions might be found in the gut. By taking blood, stool and saliva samples from 33 Rice University football players, the researchers ...
May 10, 2022
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Casey D. Morrow, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham previously developed a microbiome "fingerprint" method called WSS that identifies single strains of particular gut bacteria, through analysis ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Investigators at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have designed RNA molecules that home to human pancreatic beta cells, the cells that produce insulin and are destroyed in patients with type 1 and type 2 ...
Apr 7, 2022
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New research may help scientists locate immature cells in the central nervous system that could shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis—and autoimmune disease that affects the brain ...
Mar 11, 2022
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COVID-19 patients have differing immune responses that lead to disease outcomes ranging from asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection to death. After examining the blood samples from nearly 200 COVID-19 patients, researchers have ...
Sep 6, 2021
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Immunologists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified a biological pathway that selectively controls how key immune cells, called T follicular helper cells, mature into functional components of the immune ...
Jul 7, 2021
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Understanding cellular metabolism—how a cell uses energy—could be key to treating a wide array of diseases, including vascular diseases and cancer.
Jun 18, 2021
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