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Specific immune cells cause myocarditis in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a new study, researchers from UC San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Medical Center identified particular immune cells that cause lethal cardiac damage in a small subsection of cancer immunotherapy patients.
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Study finds how innate immune system fights infectious agents
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers revealed how innate immune system fights infectious agents and why the alarm messenger type I interferon is important for this process.
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Researchers discover protein that parasite uses and how it changes immune
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study revealed how a parasite injects the protein into the nucleus of the immune cell and changes the cell's identity.
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New computational method builds detailed maps of human tissues
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have developed a computational method to map the architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail. Their approach promises to accelerate studies on organ-scale cellular interactions and could enable powerful new diagnostic strategies for a wide range o
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Researchers reveal how parasite injects protein into nucleus of immune cel
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The diverse functions of immune cells in the body are extremely rigorously controlled in order to combat infections. How Toxoplasma infects so many people and animal species and spreads so quickly has long been a mystery to scientists.
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Research takes a significant step in pursuit of HIV cure
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): While the standard treatment for HIV can hold the disease in check, a new study shows how experimental medicines can boost the body's own ability to suppress the virus. An important step towards a cure, say researchers behind the research.
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Researchers discover molecule in brain that boost body's ability to fight
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): Researchers at UVA Health have identified a brain chemical that coordinates the immune system's reactions to multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease, potentially enabling medical professionals to boost the body's capacity to combat these and other d
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Newly-discovered process brings immune cells up to speed
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (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.
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Study identifies mechanism otherwise found in metastasizing cancer cells
Updated : 3 years, 4 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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Study finds how immune cells function in patients with chemotherapy-resist
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
London [England], September 26 (ANI): Immune cell types that could be targeted to develop specific immunotherapies in chemotherapy-resistant breast cancers have been identified by the investigators.
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Researchers develop new approach to find antigens that trigger specific im
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): The surface of a cell, which is covered with tens to hundreds of thousands of molecules that assist immune cells to distinguish friend from foe, can reveal a cell's secrets. Some of those projecting molecules are antigens that cause the immune system to a
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Research finds therapeutic drugs can render cancer cells weaponless
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], August 28 (ANI): The protective scent that tumour cells spray themselves with suppresses the immune system. It seems, however, that a medicine that has already been approved for other uses can render this weapon harmless.
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