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Study finds inhibiting enzyme boosts the innate immune response
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Researchers have identified a promising strategy for the development of broad-spectrum antiviral therapies that center around promoting a strong immune response capable of stopping a number of viruses in their infectious tracks.
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Study reveals that ticks weaken skin's immune response
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Hitherto, scientists have not fully understood why ticks are such dangerous disease vectors. A research team now shows that tick saliva inhibits the skin's defense function, thereby increasing the risk of diseases such as tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) or
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Researchers develop new Zika vaccine that shows promise in animal models
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Researchers have developed a Zika vaccine technology that is highly effective and safe in preclinical mouse models.
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Study finds how ancient viral genes helps brain to fight against new infec
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 27 (ANI): The impact of viruses on our daily lives, from the common cold to COVID-19, is enormous, but infections that took place millions of years ago have had a profound impact on the course of human evolution. This is due to the viral genes' incorporation into the
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Covid-19 reduces placenta's immune response: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): According to a study, if a woman catches COVID-19 during her pregnancy, the infection, no matter how slight, affects the placenta's immune response to further infections.
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Study reveals antibiotics might worsen melanoma by depleting the gut micro
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): According to a new study by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta, the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, accelerated their metastatic bone growth. This likely happened because the dr
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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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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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Study finds intestinal immune cells have sweet tooth
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], August 16 (ANI): White blood cells that reside in the intestines, a particular class of immune cells known as tissue-resident lymphocytes, use sugar as an energy source and have a faster metabolism than lymphocytes that circulate in the blood, according to a recent study.
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Study: Protective T cells remain 20 months after COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], July 22 (ANI): Shortly after infection, patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop protective immune responses mediated by virus-specific T cells and antibodies. However, there is concern that immunity does not last, which could result in severe COVID-19 infection upon re
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Covaxin booster dose increases immune response by 40 times, gives long-ter
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 20 (ANI): Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced that the administration of the third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) after six months of two-dose vaccination dramatically increased neutralizing antibody responses against both
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Study: Bacteria in donor organs complicate immune response after transplan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, yet a substantial number of them still reject the organs. A new study shows that transplant recipients also m
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