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Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a joint research venture by the US Army and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious... Read More »
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Jackie KellyThanks for this article. So nice to have an examination of the complexities of fighting this disease.
Apr 15, 2012
Loyola University researchers are reporting surprising findings about an immune system regulating molecule. In the immune system, effector cells attack infected... Read More »
A research team from UCLA has demonstrated that stem cells that were genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells can attack HIV cells in living organisms... Read More »
A study conducted by UC San Diego biologists has revealed that roundworm intestinal cells, which have a similar structure to those found in humans, internalize... Read More »
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have outlined the developmental process that ensures certain stem cells will become T cells, immune... Read More »
Through studying humans who have been infected with the dengue virus, scientists have pinpointed the region on the virus that is neutralized in those who beat the... Read More »
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute discovered antibodies that can prevent infection from strains of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by attaching to sites on the... Read More »
Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of... Read More »
The results of a new study on patients with breast cancer show that the HER2-based peptide vaccine AE37 had immunologic responses compared with a control substance... Read More »
Scientists have discovered a new technique that could help in the advancement of cancer vaccines. For the study, a research team extracted stem cells from two mouse... Read More »
New strategies of injecting cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients with vaccines and monoclonal antibodies to combat atherosclerosis could soon change the treatment... Read More »
A new study shows that women who have been infected by two different strains of HIV from two different sexual partners -- a condition known as HIV superinfection --... Read More »
A team of researchers from Yale and Johns Hopkins have discovered the molecular pathway by which the body’s own immune response may allow for the growth of... Read More »
Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles have identified a new mechanism that activates T cells, white blood cells that play an important role in... Read More »
Our immune system’s communications network involves billions of proteins and other biomolecules. Interactions between these molecules are influenced by the... Read More »
Gene synthesis has become an important tool in many fields of recombinant DNA technology, including vaccine development, gene therapy and molecular engineering. The... Read More »
A new finding in basic science should trigger a “change in thinking” about how cancer drugs might be developed and tested.The emerging science described... Read More »
A team from the School of Dentistry at Cardiff University has used cheek lining tissue to create powerful new cells. These cells could prevent harmful immune... Read More »
Mayo Clinic researchers have trained mouse immune systems to eradicate skin cancer from within, using a genetic combination of human DNA from melanoma cells and a... Read More »
Allergies are the worst. No one enjoys the yearly itchy eyes, nose and throat, especially knowing that what our bodies are fighting so hard against are innocuous... Read More »