Mathematicians at the University of Alberta have developed a model that explains how the immune system interacts with cancer—and in some cases, may help cancer spread to other areas of the body.
Dec 17, 2019
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The results of a study conducted in Brazil suggest that the sympathetic nervous system—the part of the autonomous nervous system that controls responses to danger or stress—can modulate the action of defense cells in ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Fresh insights into damaging proteins that build up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could aid the quest for treatments.
Dec 10, 2019
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"Being crabby" might have a whole new meaning.
Dec 6, 2019
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Researchers have cleared a major obstacle in the development of an HIV vaccine, proving in animal models that effective, yet short-lasting antibodies can be coaxed into multiplying as a fighting force against the virus.
Dec 5, 2019
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An oncology researcher has made an unexpected contribution to the understanding of type 2 diabetes. In results published in Science Advances, Patrick Hu, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical ...
Dec 4, 2019
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The gut has long been suspected to play a role in autoimmune disease. A research team has now identified evidence of a potential mechanism.
Dec 4, 2019
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The mechanism by which defense cells respond to infection by the Mayaro virus has been described by a team affiliated with the Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CRID) in an article published in the journal PLOS ...
Dec 2, 2019
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Aspirin could be used to treat the world's deadliest infectious disease, according to new research conducted by Dr. Elinor Hortle at the Centenary Institute in Sydney.
Nov 29, 2019
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Psoriasis is not a congenital disorder—it only occurs later on in life and has various causes, such as stress or UV irradiation, some of which have not yet been explored. In biomedical science, this frequently occurring ...
Nov 27, 2019
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