Immunology
How viruses can overwhelm the liver's defences
(Medical Xpress)—The liver is the only organ in the body that can modify our immune response. This, paradoxically, leaves it open to violent immune attack.
Jun 17, 2014
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Medications
Nanopatch: Syringe and needle replacement unveiled at TEDGLobal Conference
(Medical Xpress)—Professor Mark Kendall of the University of Queensland, Australia, has announced at this year's TEDGLobal Conference that a skin patch he and colleagues have developed will soon begin field testing in New ...
Immunology
Researchers design mouse with more human-like immune response
Medical scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have bred a first-of-its-kind mouse model that possesses an immune response system more like a human's. The discovery makes way for quicker and more cost-effective ...
Feb 4, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Certain mutations give HIV infection an advantage that sticks
(Medical Xpress)—Varieties of HIV that replicate more quickly can cause infected individuals' immune systems to decline faster, new research demonstrates. The results were published by the journal PLOS Pathogens.
Dec 6, 2012
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Health
Tattoo regret? How to choose a removal service
About one in four people regret at least one of their tattoos. Almost half of those go on to have their unwanted tattoo removed or camouflaged with a new one.
Mar 8, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Training the immune system to prevent cancer—researchers discover paradigm-shifting approach
As one of the most insidious diseases in the world, cancer has few treatments that work to eradicate it completely. Now, a new approach pioneered by two researchers working at the University of Missouri's Roy Blunt NextGen ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Immunology
New software tool decodes cytokine 'language' of immune cells
New research from Yale University has unveiled the complex cellular communication system that allows immune cells to mount responses to infection and cancer. The study, published in Nature Methods, reveals how different cells ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Medications
Novel immunotherapy agent safe, shows promise against high-risk prostate cancers
A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive prostate cancer and may induce clinical activity against cancer throughout the body, according to a phase 2 study led by investigators ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Why does a leukemic mutation not always lead to leukemia? A new clue from a mouse study
Why do some people with a genetic mutation associated with leukemia remain healthy, while others with the same mutation develop the blood cancer? In a new study published in Blood, scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratory ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New hemophilia insights could minimize or eliminate side effects in the future
Immune responses against Factor VIII, which is used to treat hemophilia A (bleeding disorder), are influenced by the microenvironment of antigen presenting cells. This is the result of a scientific study conducted in cooperation ...
Nov 22, 2022
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