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Research shows treating HIV-AIDS with interleukin-2 is ineffective

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international research team has demonstrated that treating HIV-AIDS with interleukin-2 (IL-2) is ineffective. As a result, the researchers recommend that clinical trials on this compound be stopped. Their finding was published ...


Mexico on edge as reports of swine flu cases climb (AP)

Mexico on edge as reports of swine flu cases climb

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new strain of swine flu has this metropolis of 20 million people increasingly fearful as suspected flu deaths grow, and world health officials warn that Mexico City could be at the epicenter of ...


Researchers reveal how immune cells can be harnessed to target melanoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the Babraham Institute and the University of Catanzaro "Magna Graecia", Italy, co-ordinating an international network of scientists and clinicians from Europe, the USA and Japan, have identified new mechanisms ...





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Whooping cough immunity lasts longer than previously thought

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


How HIV vaccine might have increased odds of infection

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Researchers design unique method to induce immunity to certain STDs

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created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease, accounting for more than a million reported infections in the United States each year.


Cholera vaccine could protect affected communities

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 27, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A vaccine used to protect travelers from cholera, an infection characterized by diarrhea and severe dehydration, could also be used effectively among those living in cholera-prone (endemic) areas, according to a research ...


Do antidepressants enhance immune function?

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 08, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is an epidemic of global concern. According to the most recent estimates, released in November 2007, by the Joint ...


Cancer battle examines natural immunity

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created May 09, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Mice that are naturally immune to cancer produce white blood cells that cured and gave lifelong immunity to other mice, a Wake Forest University study says.


'Natural killer' cells keep immune system in balance

'Natural killer' cells keep immune system in balance

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Natural killer, or NK cells, are part of our innate immune system. A healthy body produces them to respond early during infection. They are activated and they kill cells infected with a given virus.


New insights could lead to a better pneumococcal vaccine

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Discovery of a new, previously unknown mechanism of immunity suggests that there may be a better way to protect vulnerable children and adults against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infection, say researchers at ...


Women have a more powerful immune system than men

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 8

When it comes to immunity, men may not have been dealt an equal hand. The latest study by Dr. Maya Saleh, of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and McGill University, shows that women have a more ...


Researchers unravel role of priming in plant immunity

Researchers unravel role of priming in plant immunity

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered a naturally occurring compound that triggers a plant's immune system, thereby protecting the plant from a secondary bacterial infection.



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