Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes have discovered a way to prevent the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice. Using a drug that blocks the production of a certain type of immune cell linked to inflammation ...
Apr 27, 2015
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Using a novel methodology of epigenetic quantitative analysis, Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center's interdisciplinary team of investigators led by Camilo Fadul, MD, found no correlation between regulatory T ...
Apr 16, 2015
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Mutations in a specific gene are linked with human susceptibility to allergic asthma according to new research. These findings suggest novel ways in which immune responses could be modulated in allergic diseases, says Maria ...
Apr 1, 2015
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In research published in the March issue of Immunity, Saint Louis University scientists led by Daniel Hawiger, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, have discovered that potentially aggressive ...
Mar 30, 2015
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When fighting chronic viral infections or cancers, a key division of the immune system, known as CD8 T cells, sometimes loses its ability to effectively fight foreign invaders. Overcoming so-called T cell exhaustion is crucial ...
Feb 12, 2015
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When the mucosal surfaces in the lungs of healthy people come into contact with allergenic substances, so-called regulatory T cells also known as Treg cells, are activated. These are capable of actively preventing the development ...
Feb 9, 2015
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered that a protein widely known for suppressing tumor formation also helps prevent autoimmune diseases and other problems by putting the brakes on the immune response. ...
Jan 15, 2015
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Misdirected immune responses that target the body's own tissue can result in diseases. regulatory T cells combat this effect by suppressing excessive immune responses and responses against our own bodies. Until now, scientists ...
Jan 8, 2015
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A fundamental theory about how our thymus educates our immune police appears to be wrong, scientists say.
Oct 8, 2014
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Until now, the immune cells known as 'B cells' have been thought to specialise only in the production of antibodies. A discovery by Garvan immunologists shows they also have a role to play in regulating another important ...
Jul 1, 2014
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