News tagged with b cell
Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.
Researchers find new way to attack inflammation in Graves' eye disease
Nov 06, 2009 |
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A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms — and improved vision — following treatment with the drug rituximab. Inflammation around their eyes and damage to the ...
New therapy for vasculitis will help patients avoid infertility and cancer
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified that Rituxan, a drug previously approved for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's B cell lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, can treat severe ANCA-associated vasculitis as effectively as cyclophosphamide, ...
Newly discovered mechanism in cell division has implications for chromosome's role in cancer
Aug 17, 2009 |
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"A biologist, a physicist, and a nanotechnologist walk into a..." sounds like the start of a joke. Instead, it was the start of a collaboration that has helped to decipher a critical, but so far largely unstudied, ...
Protein complex key in avoiding DNA repair mistakes, cancer
Aug 05, 2009 |
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As the body creates antibodies to fight invaders, a three-protein DNA repair complex called MRN is crucial for a normal gene-shuffling process to proceed properly, University of Michigan research shows.
Bcl6 gene sculpts helper T cell to boost antibody production
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Expression of a single gene programs an immune system helper T cell that fuels rapid growth and diversification of antibodies in a cellular structure implicated in autoimmune diseases and development of B cell lymphoma, scientists ...
HIV-1 damages gut antibody producing immune cells within days of infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 07, 2009 |
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The virus that causes AIDS is classified as a lentivirus, a word derived from the Latin prefix, "lenti-," meaning "slow." But new research from the NIAID-funded Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology suggests ...
Anti-inflammatory drugs may defeat a treatment-resistant type of cancer
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Effective drugs for treating a chemotherapy-resistant form of lymphoma might already be on the market according to a study that has pieced together a chemical pathway involved in the disease.
Two targeted therapies likely better than one in patients with aggressive lymphoma
May 15, 2009 |
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When combined with a cocktail of chemotherapy drugs, two monoclonal antibodies, instead of one, appear to offer superior results in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to Mayo Clinic researchers working ...
Drinking wine may increase survival among non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Pre-diagnostic wine consumption may reduce the risk of death and relapse among non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients, according to an epidemiology study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting ...
Scientists find new structural motif in key enzymes is essential to prevent autoimmune disease
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a specific mutation that leads to the development of severe autoimmune kidney disease in mice. The research ...
