Fever alters immune cells so they can better reach infections
Fever is known to help power up our immune cells, and scientists in Shanghai have new evidence explaining how. They found in mice that fever...
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Europe looks to cells for a healthier future
Credit: Agnieszka Rybak Wolf, Lab of Nikolaus Rajewsky at BIMSB / MDC Our body's cells are constantly changing. But which of these changes are healthy...
Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer-infertility inducing substances
Credit: University of Granada BPA is a well-known endocrine disruptor that alters hormonal balance in people exposed to it, and it leads to hormonal diseases...
Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier
Credit: NIPR Two new species of fungi have made an appearance in a rapidly melting glacier on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic, just west...
Clinical trial testing fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent diarrheal disease begins
Credit: Janice Carr. (Image provided by CDC/Lois S. Wiggs) A research consortium recently began enrolling patients in a clinical trial examining whether fecal microbiota transplantation...
Defective glial cells can push neurons toward Parkinson's disease
New study suggests an important role for glial cells in Parkinson's disease and offers potential new therapeutic targets.Credit: IDIBELL A team of scientists led by...
Poo transplant effective treatment for chronic bowel condition
Poo transplant or "Faecal microbiota transplantation" (FMT) can successfully treat patients with ulcerative colitis, new research from the University of Adelaide shows. The randomised, double-blind...
Personalized treatment benefits kidney cancer patients
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Personalized treatment plans may extend life expectancy for early-stage kidney cancer patients who have risk...
Gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 shown to limit impact of certain parasitic diseases
GW researchers successfully used CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of schistosomiasis and liver fluke infection, affecting more than a quarter of a billion people in...
Bear necessities: New study highlights importance of water resources for Andean bears
A new study is shedding light on the importance of one critical resource for Andean bears living in the dry mountain forests of Peru: water....
Muscle stem cells can drive cancer that arises in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Jan. 15, 2019 - People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) can develop an...
MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dragonfly Therapeutics announce strategic collaboration to take new immunotherapy candidates into clinical trials
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dragonfly Therapeutics, Inc., today announced a strategic collaboration to bring Dragonfly's TriNKET™ (tri-specific natural killer cell...
New study shows animals may get used to drones
A new study in Conservation Physiology shows that over time, bears get used to drones. Previous work indicated that animals behave fearfully or show a...
EU and Canada award €8.65 million to project to ease genomic and health data sharing
New collaborative international project, headed by Bar-Ilan University, aims to promote human immunological data storage, integration and controlled sharing to enable personalized medicine The European...
Engineered T cells promote long-term organ transplant acceptance
Credit: Image: Swiss Nanoscience Institute/University of Basel, Biozentrum Organ transplant rejection is a major problem in transplantation medicine. Suppressing the immune system to prevent organ...
