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DNA component can stimulate and suppress the immune response
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A component of DNA that can both stimulate and suppress the immune system, depending on the dosage, may hold hope for treating cancer and infection, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
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Researchers describe 'implausible' chemistry that produces herbicidal compound
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A soil microbe that uses chemical warfare to fight off competitors employs an unusual chemical pathway in the manufacture of its arsenal, researchers report, making use of an enzyme that can do what no other enzyme is known ...
Researchers work to boost effectiveness of the flu vaccine
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Jun 08, 2009 |
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Vaccines intended to help the body to fight off the flu bug may actually give the bug an edge, researchers say.
Team identifies a molecular switch linking infectious disease and depression
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois report that IDO, an enzyme found throughout the body and long suspected of playing a role in depression, is in fact essential to the onset of depressive symptoms sparked ...
IDO2 an active enzyme to target in pancreatic cancer
Dec 01, 2008 |
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An enzyme that is overexpressed in pancreatic cancer cells may hold the key to successfully treating the disease with targeted immunotherapy, researchers from Thomas Jefferson University reported at the 2008 Annual Meeting ...
Chronic inflammation can help nurture skin cancer, study shows
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Inflammation, a frontline defense against infection or disease, can help nurture skin cancer, researchers have found. IDO, an enzyme that works like a firefighter to keep inflammation under control, can be commandeered to ...
Scientists find protein helps pancreatic cancer cells evade immune system and spread
Jan 11, 2008 |
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A protein that helps prevent a woman’s body from rejecting a fetus may also play an important role in enabling pancreatic cancer cells to evade detection by the immune system, allowing them to spread in the body.
New strategies work to put cancer on the firing line
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Dr. Yukai He wants to put cancer in the bull’s eye.“Cancer really comes from us,” the Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center immunologist says of the scary reality that cancer cells are our own cells gone awry. That means ...
Tumors use enzyme to recruit regulatory T-cells and suppress immune response
Aug 16, 2007 |
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One way tumors fly under the radar of the immune system is by using IDO, an enzyme used by fetuses to help avoid rejection, to recruit powerful regulatory T cells that turn down the immune response, researchers ...
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