Immune reaction causes malaria organ damage
Immune cells can be the body's defenders and foes at the same timeCredit: MPIIB/ Volker Brinkmann Malaria is one of ...
Tag: Immunology/Allergies/Asthma
Creatine powers T cells’ fight against cancer
Credit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and ...
When added to gene therapy, plant-based compound may enable faster, more effective treatments
Scripps Research team finds that a nontoxic molecule closely related to resveratrol can overcome barriers to delivering gene therapy into ...
Syphilis infection rates in dialysis patients exceed general population
Credit: Phil Jones, AU senior photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 15 , 2019) - Syphilis rates, like other sexually transmitted disease ...
Drugs for better long-term treatment of poorly controlled asthma discovered
A USF Health preclinical study shows that targeting a promising bitter taste receptor with structurally distinct drugs can help prevent ...
When studying immune cells, environment matters
Report urges researchers to look outside the petri dish and into the body to study T cell metabolismCredit: Image courtesy ...
Gut immunity more developed before birth than previously thought
Findings could help develop new maternal vaccines and reveal the baby's risk of autoimmune diseasesCredit: Cell Press/Konnikova Lab Most biology ...
Ebola antibodies at work
Scientists in Israel and Germany show, on the molecular level, how an experimental vaccine offers long-term protection against the diseaseCredit: ...
UMD discovers new mechanism in the liver that helps prevent invasive fungal infections
Findings have implications for treatment of a variety of fungal infections, including the main cause of meningitisCredit: Nephron As a ...
NCI-sponsored trial explores better treatment for brain tumors in children
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 8, 2019) Children with recurrent brain tumors or newly diagnosed, ...
UVA discovers surprise contributor to multiple sclerosis
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Cells that scientists have largely ignored when studying multiple sclerosis are actually key contributors to ...
New capsule can orally deliver drugs that usually have to be injected
Coated pill carries microneedles that deliver insulin and other drugs to the lining of the small intestineCredit: MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA ...
Common denominator that triggers asthma in favorable environments
Researchers of the University of Liège have identified how all these pro-allergic environments act in the same way on the ...
Scientists find timekeepers of gut’s immune system
Targeting such cells may lead to treatments for digestive ailmentsCredit: Qianli Wang As people go through their daily and nightly ...
Researchers receive $7.8 million to establish rare disease network for myasthenia gravis
This is the first large, organized effort to search for improvements in myasthenia gravis, in not only research and treatment, ...
NIH funding bolsters rare diseases research collaborations
New grants aimed at better understanding diseases, moving potential treatments closer to the clinicCredit: Xiangyang Zhang, Ph.D., The George Washington ...
Sentinels in the mouth
Special sensory cells in the gums protect against periodontitisCredit: Monell Chemical Senses Center; Nature Communications PHILADELPHIA (October 3, 2019) - ...
Most kidney transplants between people with HIV have long-term success
Recipients living with HIV show no indication of secondary infection with donor HIV strainCredit: NIAID People living with HIV who ...
Nerve-stimulating leg prosthesis improves movement and functionality in amputees
Credit: Federica Barberi A research team has created a leg prosthesis for lower leg amputees that incorporates advanced neural stimulation, ...
Father’s obesity in puberty doubles the risk of asthma in his future offspring
A Norwegian study shows that boys who are obese in pre-puberty have an over two times higher risk of having ...
