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Immune cells from skull bone marrow guard the brain, spinal cord: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have discovered that the immune cells that protect the brain and spinal cord come primarily from the skull. The finding opens up the possibility of developing therapies to target such cells as a way to
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Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all the while, suggested a new stud
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New research optimizes body's own immune system to fight cancer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): A groundbreaking study led by engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer therapies can overcome physical barriers to allow a patient's own immune system to fight tumours.
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Study discusses impact of chemotherapy on immune cells
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 12 (ANI): The findings of recent research from Queen Mary University of London revealed novel insights into the effects of chemotherapy on the tumour microenvironment (TME).
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Cancer immunotherapy may also treat certain autoimmune diseases, claims st
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): A team of researchers at the University of Michigan has found that disrupting the interaction between cancer cells and certain immune cells is more effective at killing cancer cells than current immunotherapy treatments.
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Researchers identify therapeutic approach to optimise immune system
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Toronto [Canada], February 13 (ANI): During a recent study, a team of researchers from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have identified a therapeutic approach to restore the effectiveness of immune cells. The team was prompted by the need to improve conventional trea
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HIV: An innovative therapeutic breakthrough to optimize the immune system
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Prompted by the need to improve conventional treatments for people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), a team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has identified a therapeutic approach to restore the effectivene
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Study: Drugs that trigger alarm could lead to new HIV therapies
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine have identified a potential way to eradicate the latent HIV infection that lies dormant inside infected immune cells.
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Study on mice finds link between gut disease and brain injury in premature
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], January 10 (ANI): While working with mice, researchers have recently identified an immune system cell that travels from the gut to the brain and attacks cells rather than protect them as it normally does.
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Gut disease linked to brain injury in premature infants: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], January 7 (ANI): Physicians have long known that necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a potentially lethal inflammatory condition that destroys a premature infant's intestinal lining, is often connected to the development of severe brain injury in those infants who survive. H
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Study sheds light on new research that may explain severe virus attacks on
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], January 3 (ANI): How different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases, has been described in a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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New research may explain severe virus attacks on lungs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], December 31 (ANI): In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them
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