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The right messenger for a healthy immune response

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the Molecular Immunology group at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany have now shown that Beta-Interferon also plays a crucial role during an immune response: without ...


New discovery gives tuberculosis vaccine a shot in the arm

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created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new article appearing in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology may lead to improvements in the efficacy of the current tuberculosis vaccine. Specifically, a team of Italian researchers discovered a new ...


Genetic differences may help explain response to multiple sclerosis treatment

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created Jan 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

By comparing the DNA of patients with multiple sclerosis whose symptoms are reduced by interferon beta therapy to the DNA of those who continue to experience relapses, researchers may have identified important genetic differences ...


Adding steroid drug to MS treatment may reduce disease activity

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Using a steroid drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) in addition to an MS drug may reduce the amount of disease activity more than using the MS drug alone, according to a study that will be presented as part of the Late-breaking ...


Interferon alpha can delay full onset of type I diabetes

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A low dose of oral interferon alpha shows promise in preserving beta cell function for patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, according to researchers at The University of Texas Medical School ...


Scientists shine new light on inflammatory diseases

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created Mar 16, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a new mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanism may also shed some light on why gene therapy ...


New approach to gene therapy may shrink brain tumors, prevent their spread

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created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers are investigating a new approach to gene therapy for brain tumors – delivering a cancer-fighting gene to normal brain tissue around the tumor to keep it from spreading. An ...


Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While too much amyloid beta protein in the brain is linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, not enough of the protein in healthy brains can cause learning problems and forgetfulness, Saint Louis University scientists ...


ID3 provides career counseling for blood progenitors, driving the creation of gamma-delta T cells

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like an unusually forceful career counselor, the Id3 protein decides the fate of a given white blood cell precursor, according to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Their findings, published today in the journal Immunity, de ...


New hope for multiple sclerosis sufferers

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created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

A drug which was developed in Cambridge and initially designed to treat a form of leukaemia has also proven effective against combating the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS).


Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful, effect on the heart, depending on their molecular activity.


Best treatment for MS may depend on disease subtype

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created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Animal studies by University of Michigan scientists suggest that people who experience the same clinical signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have different forms of the disease that require different kinds of treatment.


Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Japanese and American universities. Their ...


Microsoft Office 2010 beta ready to download

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If you want to try out Microsoft Office 2010, the beta is available for anyone to download, the company announced at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference.


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Chrome 4.0 beta web browser launched

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has released its latest beta version of its Chrome browser for Windows, which promises faster browsing, bookmark synchronization and more.