Immunology
Enzyme AEP's importance to immunity discovered
The importance of the enzyme AEP as a key regulatory of the immune system has been discovered in new research from Newcastle University, UK.
Jul 24, 2018
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News tagged with regulatory t cells
Medical research
New insights into a potential target for autoimmune disease
Immune response is a balancing act: Too much can lead to inflammatory or autoimmune disease; too little could lead to a serious infection. Regulatory T cells, or Tregs, are important players in striking this balance, acting ...
Oct 26, 2020
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Immunology
New understanding of cell stability with potential to improve immune cell therapies
Research in mice, published today in Science Immunology by researchers at the Babraham Institute, UK and VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium, provides two solutions with potential to overcome a key clinical limitation of immune cell therapies. ...
Jul 23, 2021
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Immunology
Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improved immune systems
Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the biological mechanisms of the long-term positive health effects of breastfeeding in ...
Jan 14, 2021
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Immunology
Immunologists find a molecule that puts the brakes on inflammation
(Medical Xpress)—We couldn't live without our immune systems, always tuned to detect and eradicate invading pathogens and particles. But sometimes the immune response goes overboard, triggering autoimmune diseases like ...
Sep 28, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify new target for cancer immunotherapy
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have found new evidence that the tumor necrosis factor receptor type II (TNFR2) may be a major target for immuno-oncology treatments, which induce a patient's immune system to ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Immunology
Researchers discover how immune cells resist radiation treatment
Researchers at The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a key mechanism by which radiation treatment (radiotherapy) fails to completely destroy tumors. And, in the journal ...
Nov 24, 2015
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Immunology
Treating the inflammation in lymphedema
ETH researchers have discovered that certain cells in the immune system suppress the development of lymphedema. Anti-inflammatory therapies could therefore be the key to treating this previously incurable condition.
Oct 11, 2016
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Vitamin D supplements may benefit lupus patients
A new clinical study published in BioMedCentral's open access journal Arthritis Research and Therapy provides preliminary evidence that vitamin D supplementation could be considered an immunomodulatory agent for systemic ...
Oct 16, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists develop next-generation immunotherapy now entering early phase clinical trials
Cancer Research UK scientists have invented a new experimental drug that aims to harness the full power of the body's own immune system, launching a two-pronged response against cancer, according to a study published in Nature ...
Nov 10, 2020
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