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Autoinflammatory disease model reveals role for innate, not adaptive, immunity
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mouse model for auto-inflammatory diseases, disorders that involve the over-activation of the body's innate, primitive immune ...
Human vaccine against bird flu a reality with new discovery
Mar 02, 2009 |
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A vaccine to protect humans from a bird flu pandemic is within reach after a new discovery by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Liver transplant recipients with hepatitis B may need lifelong antiviral treatment
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Patients who undergo liver transplantation for hepatitis B-related liver damage should receive lifelong antiviral treatment to keep the disease from coming back. A new study shows that they lack cellular immunity against ...
Busy Bs: Lymphocyte uses multiple mechanisms to shape immune response
Feb 26, 2009 |
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New research expands our understanding of how a type of immune cell called a B lymphocyte enables the immune system to mount a successful defense against an intestinal parasite. The study, published by Cell Press online in ...
A single VSOP can do a 'proton' magic!
Jun 16, 2008 |
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International research group led by Yasushi Okamura, a professor in Japanese National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, and Peter Larsson, a professor in Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon, US, found ...
How HIV vaccine might have increased odds of infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 03, 2008 |
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In September 2007, a phase II HIV-1 vaccine trial was abruptly halted when researchers found that the vaccine may have promoted, rather than prevented, HIV infection. A new study by a team of researchers at the Montpellier ...
Experimental HIV vaccine gets a boost from ’70s-era discovery
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Although science is known for being a forward-looking field, researchers have found that they can often benefit from a glance over their shoulders. By combining an experimental AIDS vaccine with a long-neglected molecule ...
Whooping cough immunity lasts longer than previously thought
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Immunity to whooping cough lasts at least 30 years on average, much longer than previously thought, according to a new study by researchers based at the University of Michigan and the University of New Mexico. Details are ...
Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines
Nov 23, 2008 |
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In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, have developed a multidisciplinary approach involving immunology, genomics and bioinformatics ...
Molecules help the immune system to detect cells infected with West Nile virus
Feb 05, 2009 |
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New research reveals a model of host-pathogen interaction that explains how the immune system finds and destroys cells infected with a potentially lethal brain virus. The study, published online on February 5th in Immunity, a Cell ...
Immunity stronger at night than during day
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Dec 14, 2008 |
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The immune system's battle against invading bacteria reaches its peak activity at night and is lowest during the day.
Earlier Flu Viruses Provided Some Immunity to Current H1N1 Influenza, Study Shows
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the ...
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