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Study shows how immune cells migrate along self-generated gradients
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The researchers shed light on the immune cells' capacity to collectively migrate through diverse environments in their work, which was published today in Science Immunology.
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Research shows early stages of HIV infection in human body
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The dendritic cells are the ones responsible for processing foreign proteins, molecules or particles, and presenting them to the immune system T-cells, acting as messengers and initiating the immune response.
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Researchers reveal why cancer patients do not react to immunotherapy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Cancer treatment has transformed thanks to immunotherapy. The five-year survival rate for advanced melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, has climbed from less than 10% to more than 50% since the development of immunotherapy in 2011. Sadly, immunotherapy only works on about half of mel
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Study identifies mechanism otherwise found in metastasizing cancer cells
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Cancer cells use an unusual mechanism to migrate into new tissue and form metastases there. The same process probably also keeps some immune cells on their toes. According to the study, certain structures, the centrioles, increase in number. This makes it e
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Find out how human cells become Zika virus factories
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Los Angeles, September 13 (ANI): The Zika virus has a cunning plan. Once a virus has entered the body, it tends to head straight for dendritic cells, which are necessary for an efficient immune response.
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Bone marrow backup needed to tackle respiratory infections: Study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 9 (ANI): Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found how the immune system triggers an emergency dendritic cell response during infection, with dendritic cells at the site of infection being reinforced by new cells which travel from the bone marrow.
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Giving common antibiotic before radiation may help body fight cancer: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 10 (ANI): Antibiotics are known as medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics also lead to positive effect on human health.
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LDG introduces LANEX-DC(R) Immunotherapy in India
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI-NewsVoir): One of the most recent advancements in cancer treatments is Immunotherapy with "dendritic cells". It has been proven beneficial in the case of skin, kidney, breast, pancreatic, colon, ovarian and prostate cancer. In India LDG India has initiated th
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