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The immune system protects us from infections by detecting and eliminating invading pathogens. These two strategies form the basis of conventional clinical approaches ... Read More »
90 percent of people are exposed to the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) at some point in their life. While the immune system’s T cells rapidly clear most EBV-infected... Read More »
T-cells are the immune system’s security force. They seek out pathogens and rogue cells in the body and put them out of action. Their precursors are formed in... Read More »
Patients’ own cardiac stem cells regrow heart muscle
Many heart attacks leave behind scar tissue, which inhibits cardiac functions for a patient’s... Read More »
Biological pharmaceuticals are therapeutic drugs made from human or animal materials rather than chemicals, often indicated for immune system-related deficiencies... Read More »
Sleeping sickness, caused by the trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted to humans (and animals) via the bite of the tsetse fly. New research uses a bacteria... Read More »
Researchers from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine have unlocked the secrets of a root extract that Chinese herbalists have used for approximately 2,000 years... Read More »
An international research team, including scientists from the University of Rochester, discovered the mechanism by which a protein protects some immune cells from... Read More »
Needle reuse is illegal in developed countries, and rightly so. Sadly, this practice still takes places in many undeveloped countries, and is a source of significant... Read More »
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Kristin WallMind-boggling, isn't it? Targeting the lungs through inhalable vaccines makes a lot of sense, given that massive surface area.
Feb 17, 2012
Andrei IvanovHuman lungs have the surface area of a tennis court?! I never knew, that is amazing. This powder vaccine innovation is very helpful.
Feb 16, 2012
Breathing only air is passé. People have been breathing air forever. People breathe air every day, all day. It is boring. So why are people only... Read More »
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming deadly metastasis. New research demonstrates how IBC cells use IL-8... Read More »
In the 1840’s, doctors in Italy made a keen observation: nuns did not get cervical cancer while married women did. This observation led scientists to question... Read More »
A vaccine for serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis (MenB), a bacterium that causes of serious disease such as sepsis and meningitis, was effective against meningococcal ... Read More »
Protein-based pharmaceuticals offer the potential for remarkable new treatments for AIDS, cancer, blood disease, and myriad other health conditions, including... Read More »
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Shiva SinghI should eat more shrimp.
Feb 8, 2012
In a recent study, researchers compared DNA of identical twins of different ages. They showed that structural modifications of DNA, where segments change direction... Read More »
During allergy season your eyes start to itch, your nose runs, and you sneeze incessantly. This is all because your body recognizes allergens -- anything from pet... Read More »
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland have published an article about their discovery of a new cancer vaccine approach. The therapeutic vaccine would... Read More »
A new study at Yale School of Medicine shows that suppressing the immune system may prevent type 1 diabetes as well as induce sustained remission. In type 1 diabetes, ... Read More »
Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass. have found that a leukemia drug previously thought harmful to patients’ immune systems actually... Read More »
Research suggests that aspirin could inhibit the development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women. Authors of a new report discovered that HIV induces expression... Read More »