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Simulated gene therapy

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In a recent issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics, published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a group of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Los Alamos National Laboratory describe the fi ...


Stem cells from fat tissue offer hope for MS treatment

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A preliminary study on the use of stem cells obtained from a patient's own adipose tissue in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown promising results. The three case studies, described in BioMed Central's open ...


Immune reaction to metal debris leads to early failure of joint implants

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center have identified a key immunological defense reaction to the metals in joint replacement devices, leading to loosening of the components and early failure.





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New discovery may lead to new class of allergy drugs

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created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If you've ever wondered why some allergic reactions progress quickly and may even become fatal, a new research report published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology provides an important part of the ...


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Fruit flies sick from mating

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

Mating can be exhausting. When fruit flies mate, the females' genes are activated to roughly the same extent as when an immune reaction starts. This is shown in a study at Uppsala University that is now appearing ...


Type 1 diabetes linked to immune response to wheat

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa have discovered what may be an important clue to the cause of type 1 diabetes. Dr. Fraser Scott and his team tested 42 people with type 1 diabetes ...


Elderly immune system needs a boost

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Elderly cancer patients need a combination of treatments tailor-made to their specific needs to successfully combat the disease. The challenge is to boost their immune response to cancer vaccines, because like the rest of ...


Caspase-12: Researcher finds new defense mechanism against intestinal inflammation

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created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The body’s first line of defence against pathogenic bacteria that we ingest may not be the immune system but rather the cells that line the intestine. This surprising conclusion is just one facet of a study by Dr. Maya Saleh, ...


GARP makes the difference

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Scientists from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research in Braunschweig, Germany and the Medical School Hannover, Germany have succeeded in treating immune cells in a way that enables them to inhibit unwanted immune reactions ...


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 ...


Protection from the own immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Some 80,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis – their immune system attacks and destroys healthy nerve tissue. Researchers at the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg ...


Experimental HIV vaccine gets a boost from ’70s-era discovery

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 13, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

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 ...


Fruit flies show how salmonella escapes immune defenses

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created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salmonella are wily and obnoxious bacterial invaders--escape artists capable of evading multiple immune responses and causing a harsh and debilitating intestinal infection.



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