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Delaying treatment for hepatitis C puts patients’ lives at risk
• Immunology • • Infections • Apr 23 15
Data revealed today at The International Liver Congress™ 2015 highlights the impact of delaying treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Researchers found that…
Study sheds new light on a crucial enzyme for the immune response
• Immunology • Apr 20 15
A new study by immunology researchers at the IRCM led by Javier M. Di Noia, PhD, sheds light on a mechanism affecting AID, a…
Recruiting the entire immune system to attack cancer
• Cancer • • Immunology • Apr 14 15
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to eliminate…
How a deadly fungus evades the immune system
• Immunology • • Infections • Mar 31 15
New research from the University of Toronto has scientists re-thinking how a lethal fungus grows and kills immune cells. The study hints at a…
How the human immune system keeps TB at bay
• Immunology • • Tuberculosis • Mar 26 15
A new tissue culture model using human white blood cells shows how people with a latent - or symptom-free - tuberculosis infection are protected…
Immune cells - learning from experience
• Immunology • Feb 20 15
Immunologists have shown that our immune cells can learn on the job.
Even better, some cells remember what they have learnt, and can apply…
Exposure to mercury, seafood associated with risk factor for autoimmune disease
• Immunology • Feb 10 15
One of the greatest risk factors for autoimmunity among women of childbearing age may be associated with exposure to mercury such as through…
In infants, pain from vaccinations shows up in brain activity
• Brain • • Immunology • • Pain • Jan 26 15
Infants show distinct, consistent patterns of brain activity in response to painful vaccinations, reports a study in the February issue of PAIN®, the official…
Study identifies geographic clusters of underimmunization in Northern California
• Immunology • • Public Health • Jan 19 15
Researchers used spatial analysis software and electronic medical records to identify clusters of underimmunization and vaccine refusal among Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California,…
Skin microbes trigger specific immune responses
• Immunology • • Infections • Jan 06 15
New research in mice shows that the immune system in the skin develops distinct responses to the various microbes that naturally colonize the skin,…
Enzyme’s alter ego helps activate the immune system
• Immunology • Dec 29 14
Already known to cut proteins, the enzyme SPPL3 turns out to have additional talents, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins. In its…
Text messaging reminders increase second dose influenza vaccinations in children
• Children's Health • • Immunology • Dec 29 14
Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose…
Binge drinking disrupts immune system in young adults, study finds
• Immunology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 29 14
Binge drinking in young, healthy adults significantly disrupts the immune system, according to a study led by a researcher now at Loyola University Chicago…
Non-Gluten proteins identified as targets of immune response to wheat in celiac disease
• Immunology • Dec 15 14
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have found that, in addition to gluten, the immune systems of patients with celiac disease react to specific…
Are you as old as what you eat?
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Immunology • Aug 24 14
Researchers from UCL (University College London) have demonstrated how an interplay between nutrition, metabolism and immunity is involved in the process of ageing.
The…
Immune response affects sleep and memory -new study
• Brain • • Immunology • • Neurology • Jun 13 14
Fighting off illness- rather than the illness itself- causes sleep deprivation and affects memory, a new study has found.
University of Leicester biologist Dr…
Gum Disease Bacteria Selectively Disarm Immune System, Penn Study Finds
• Dental Health • • Immunology • Jun 12 14
The human body is comprised of roughly 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells. In healthy people, these bacteria are typically harmless and…
Zinc supplementation boosts immune system in children, Cochrane Review finds
• Dieting • • Immunology • May 15 14
Zinc supplements reduce diarrhoea and other infections in malnourished children, and may prevent death, according to a new study published in The Cochrane Library.…
UBC scientists find new way to mobilize immune system against viruses
• Immunology • • Infections • May 13 14
University of British Columbia scientists have uncovered an intricate chain reaction in the body’s immune system and have used the knowledge to develop a…
Mechanism, and possible treatment, for immune suppression in liver disease uncovered
• Immunology • Apr 13 14
The mechanism which underlies the susceptibility of liver disease patients to life-threatening infection has been uncovered by Wellcome Trust-funded medical scientists, who have also…
Hepatitis C treatment cures over 90 percent of patients with cirrhosis
• Immunology • • Infections • Apr 13 14
Twelve weeks of an investigational oral therapy cured hepatitis C infection in more than 90 percent of patients with liver cirrhosis and was well…
Immunotherapy could help tackle tough liver cancer
• Cancer • • Immunology • Apr 11 14
London, England, Friday 11 April 2014 Significant new data presented today at the International Liver Congress™ 2014 indicate that liver cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC))…
Newly discovered molecule may offer hope for immune disorders and runaway inflammation
• Immunology • Mar 31 14
A new research discovery published in the April 2014 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology may open the door to new therapies that…
Finding hiding place of virus could lead to new treatments
• Immunology • • Infections • Mar 12 14
Discovering where a common virus hides in the body has been a long-term quest for scientists. Up to 80 percent of adults harbor the…
Early detection helps manage a chronic graft-vs.-host disease complication
• Dental Health • • Immunology • Mar 06 14
A simple questionnaire that rates breathing difficulties on a scale of 0 to 3 predicts survival in chronic graft-vs.-host disease, according to a study…