News tagged with molecular immunology
The first men and women from the Canary Islands were Berbers
Oct 21, 2009 |
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A team of Spanish and Portuguese researchers has carried out molecular genetic analysis of the Y chromosome (transmitted only by males) of the aboriginal population of the Canary Islands to determine their ...
A natural approach for HIV vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For 25 years, researchers have tried and failed to develop an HIV vaccine, primarily by focusing on a small number of engineered "super antibodies" to fend off the virus before it takes hold. So far, these ...
Scientists find gene that modifies severity of cystic fibrosis lung disease
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered a gene that modifies the severity of lung disease in people with the lethal genetic condition, cystic fibrosis, pointing to possible new targets for treatment, according to a new study in Nature.
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Asthma risk increases in children treated for HIV
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Children whose immune systems rebound after treatment with potent anti-viral drugs for HIV infection face an increased risk of developing asthma, said a federally funded consortium of researchers led by those from Baylor ...
Novel method of immunization that completely eliminates malaria parasites
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Singapore scientists report that they have discovered a novel method of immunization that completely eliminates the malaria parasites in both stages of the parasite's development.
Drug rescues memory lost to Alzheimer's disease
Jul 14, 2009 |
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A drug similar to one used in clinical trials for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis has been found to rescue memory in mice exhibiting Alzheimer's symptoms.
The right messenger for a healthy immune response
Jul 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
Gene therapy shows early promise for treating obesity
Mar 09, 2009 |
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With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the critical feeding and weight ...
Scientists identify possible target for prevention and treatment of pneumonia
Feb 11, 2008 |
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Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a key protein target that may be a crucial factor in the development of a vaccine to prevent and new therapies to treat pneumonia, the leading killer ...
Marking of tissue-specific crucial in embryonic stem cells to ensure proper function
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Tissue-specific genes, thought to be dormant or not marked for activation in embryonic stem cells, are indeed marked by transcription factors, with proper marking potentially crucial for the function of tissues derived from ...
Protection from the own immune system
Dec 01, 2008 |
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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 ...
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 ...
Elderly immune system needs a boost
Oct 08, 2009 |
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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 ...
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