Pneumonia is an infection of the lung alveoli caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, representing a clinical and economic burden and a global public health ...
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T cells, biology textbooks teach us, are the soldiers of the immune system, constantly on the ready to respond to a variety of threats, from viruses to tumors. However, without rest and maintenance T cells can die and leave ...
May 27, 2022
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There are more clinical phenotypes of severe malaria than those defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to a study led by ISGlobal. The results indicate that heart failure can be a pathogenic mechanism of ...
Sep 4, 2018
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A team of researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa successfully used a new method to chemically modify a protein's components. Their results have potential medical applications and impact in the fight ...
Oct 13, 2017
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Universitätsmedizin Berlin researchers have positively influenced the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infections using a human lung tissue model. They were able to show that the immune mechanisms triggered ...
Jul 14, 2017
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Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered a key difference in the biological mechanisms by which the immune system responds to viral and bacterial pathogens.
Jan 12, 2014
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BGI in collaboration with Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other Chinese institutes, have completed the genome sequencing of 161 Mycobacterium tuberculosis that can cause an infectious disease tuberculosis ...
Sep 5, 2013
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Researchers from CNRS, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier and IRD have elucidated new molecular mechanisms involved in resistance to visceral leishmaniasis, a serious parasitic infection. They have shown that dectin-1 ...
May 16, 2013
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An international research consortium led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the CIBERER and the University of Wurzburg (Germany) has discovered a gene that can cause three totally different diseases, depending ...
Apr 25, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a promising new antibiotic to treat potentially deadly gastrointestinal infections without harming the beneficial probiotic bacteria ...
Apr 12, 2013
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