News tagged with interferon
Immune system quirk could lead to effective tularemia vaccine
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Immunologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the have found a unique quirk in the way the immune system fends off bacteria called Francisella tularensis, ...
Researchers prolong the half-life of biopharmaceutical proteins
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Many biopharmaceuticals comprise small proteins that are quickly eliminated from the body. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany) combine such small proteins with a kind of molecular ...
Researchers identify new method to selectively kill metastatic melanoma cells
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers has identified a new method for selectively killing metastatic melanoma cells, which may lead to new areas for drug development in melanoma - a cancer that is highly resistant ...
Interferon alpha can delay full onset of type I diabetes
Jul 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
New treatment option for patients with chronic hepatitis C
May 28, 2009 |
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A new combination therapy of daily consensus interferon (CIFN) and ribavirin is effective for some people with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) who do not respond to standard therapy. The treatment works particularly well in interferon-sensitive ...
Immunologists identify biochemical signals that help immune cells remember how to fight infection
May 28, 2009 |
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May 28, 2009 - Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how two biochemical signals play unique roles in promoting the development of a group of immune cells employed as tactical ...
Adding steroid drug to MS treatment may reduce disease activity
Apr 30, 2009 |
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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 ...
Mutations within a conservative region of HCV affects the therapy
Mar 30, 2009 |
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At least 200 million individuals are currently infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. Approximately 30%-50% of patients respond to interferon/ribavirin combination therapy. Response to interferon therapy depends ...
New discovery gives tuberculosis vaccine a shot in the arm
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Feb 26, 2009 |
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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 ...
A new mechanism regulates type I interferon production in white blood cells
Jan 12, 2009 |
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A study from a team of researchers led by Dr. Andrew P. Makrigiannis, Director of the Molecular Immunology Research Unit at the IRCM, has identified a new mechanism regulating interferon production. This discovery, co-authored ...
Interferon as long-term treatment for hepatitis C not effective
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Use of the drug interferon as a long-term maintenance strategy to slow the progression of liver disease associated with the hepatitis C virus is ineffective, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues ...
Interferon needed for cells to 'remember' how to defeat a virus
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that the immune-system protein interferon plays a key role in "teaching" the immune system how to fight off repeated infections of the same virus.
Best treatment for MS may depend on disease subtype
Jul 01, 2008 |
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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.
