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Israeli study finds correlation between behavioral stress, vaccine effecti
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered a significant link between behavioral stress and the effectiveness of vaccines. Acute stress, they found, can both enhance and impair the body’s immune response to vaccination.
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Study provides new insights into opposite effects of RNase treatment
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Multiple organ inflammation is a hallmark of systemic autoimmune disorders, which can have disastrous effects on patients. Treatments for these disorders are desperately needed. In some clinical trials, RNase therapies appear promising, but not in all. The causes of this variability have bee
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Study suggests how body's immune response offer alternative approach to ne
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A group of researchers is looking into natural killer (NK) cells as an alternative treatment for neuropathic pain in the midst of a global opioid epidemic.
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Children with mitochondrial problems had a lower immune response to viral
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In recent research, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that infants with mitochondrial abnormalities had altered B cell activity, which led to a weaker and less diverse antibody response to viral infections. The study, published in Frontiers in Immunology, was
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Antiviral cytokines dampen immune response to tuberculosis: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how anti-viral cytokines can reduce the immune response to tuberculosis. The findings were published in the journal 'Cellular Immunology.'
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Study finds how weaker immune response to viral infections in children wit
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered in a recent study that infants with mitochondrial abnormalities had altered B cell function, which resulted in a weaker and less varied antibody response to viral infections. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research
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Anti-viral cytokines blunt immune response to tuberculosis: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how anti-viral cytokines can reduce the immunological response to tuberculosis. The study was published in the journal, 'Cellular Immunology.'
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Popular steroids may mess up with several cancer therapies: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Immunotherapy is a relatively new and successful cancer treatment. It causes the immune system to identify tumours as invaders and attack them. Immunotherapy, however, does not benefit all patients. Why? Scientists aren't always certain. Sometimes, immunotherapy patients experience side eff
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Study reveals how popular steroids might mess up some cancer treatments
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Immunotherapy is one of the most recent and effective cancer treatments. It causes the immune system to identify tumours as intruders in the body and attack them. However, not all patients benefit from immunotherapy. Why? Scientists are not always sure.
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Study develops strategy cancerous tumors disrupt development of immune re
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A method that malignant tumours use to remotely prevent the emergence of an immune response that would halt their growth has been discovered by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and associated institutions.
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Researchers reveal novel immunotherapy beneficial to children with relaps
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Children with recurrent brain tumours tolerated the first in-human trial of a novel immunotherapy well, and many were able to experience unexpected months of a more normal life, according to researchers. Immunotherapy disables a natural enzyme that tumours hijack for their defence.
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Gut bacteria suppresses immune responses to Covid-19 vaccine: Research
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
ccording to Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology researchers, gut bacteria that break down a sugar called fucose may be suppressing our immune response to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (OIST).
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