Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers, working with colleagues in Canada, have found that one or more substances produced by a type of immune cell in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may play a role in ...
Jul 31, 2012
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Researchers have revealed a new mechanism of targeted drug treatment used against chronic lymphocytic leukemia, through the promotion of immune cell function, that could be exploited using new anti-cancer immunotherapies.
Oct 19, 2023
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have successfully targeted T lymphocytes – which play a central role in the body's immune response – with another type of white blood cell engineered ...
Nov 25, 2013
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An article published in Science Advances suggests that a type of cancer treatment known as immune checkpoint blockade may be beneficial in certain cases of severe COVID-19. The creators of this therapy, which can successfully ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Investigator Ming Li, Ph.D., has dedicated his career to understanding the intricate workings of the immune system—both in general and for the critical role it plays in cancer.
Nov 14, 2023
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Using technologies and computational modeling that trace the destiny of single cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine describe for the first time the earliest stages of fate determination ...
Mar 2, 2014
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Professor Simona Stäger's team has made a breakthrough in the study of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The researchers have identified the mechanism by which memory CD4+ T lymphocytes—cells that play a major role ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a rare type of blood cancer that affects mostly children. This blood cancer appears from the precursor cells that produce T lymphocytes (a type of white blood cells). A new study from ...
Jan 25, 2019
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A new study provides evidence that a critical type of immune cell can develop in human tonsils. The cells, called T lymphocytes, or T cells, have been thought to develop only in the thymus, an organ of the immune system that ...
Mar 5, 2012
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As President Trump claims that he is immune to COVID-19 and isolated reports emerge of reinfection, what is the truth about immunity to COVID-19?
Oct 16, 2020
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