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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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Researchers find gene therapy as potential cure to children born without i
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
California [US], May 11 (ANI): Researchers have developed a gene therapy that successfully treated 48 out of 50 children with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency that leaves them without an immune system.
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Researchers develop new material to treat wounds, can protect against resi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], May 11 (ANI): A team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed a new material that prevents infections in wounds - a specially designed hydrogel, that works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones.
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Study reveals children with weaker immune system not showing higher risk
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Southampton [England], April 22 (ANI): Children with weakened immune systems have not shown a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection despite commonly displaying symptoms, a new study suggests.
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UK human 'challenge trial' launches to study COVID-19 reinfection
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 19 (ANI): A year-long trial launched Monday to study how the immune system reacts in people contracting coronavirus for the second time.
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Study explores link between infant antibiotic exposure, future immune resp
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 11 (ANI): An irreversible loss of regulatory T-cells in the colon is found in infants who were exposed to antibiotics in utero and infancy. T cells are a valuable component of the immune system's response toward allergens in later life, after only six months.
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Infant antibiotic exposure may affect future immune responses toward aller
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI): According to a new study, exposure to antibiotics in utero and infancy can lead to an irreversible loss of regulatory T-cells in the colon, a valuable component of the immune system's response toward allergens in later life, after only six months.
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Immune system harmed by preservative used in popular processed foods: Stud
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 28 (ANI): A food preservative that is used to prolong the shelf life of Pop-Tarts, Rice Krispies Treats, Cheez-Its and almost 1,250 other popular processed foods might cause harm to the immune system, suggest the findings of a new peer-reviewed study by Environmental W
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Preservative used in popular processed foods may harm immune system
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): The findings of a new peer-reviewed study by Environmental Working Group suggested that a food preservative that is used to prolong the shelf life of Pop-Tarts, Rice Krispies Treats, Cheez-Its and almost 1,250 other popular processed foods might cause harm to
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Study finds new way to halt excessive inflammation in body
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], March 5 (ANI): Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have discovered a new way to 'put the brakes' on excessive inflammation by regulating a type of white blood cell that is critical for our immune system.
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Study reveals fructose-rich diet may cause damage to immune system
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bristol [England], February 27 (ANI): A high sugar fructose diet might prevent the proper functioning of peoples' immune systems in ways that have, until now, largely been unknown.
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Immune system damage maybe caused by fructose rich diet: Study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bristol [England], February 23 (ANI): New research indicated that consuming a diet high in sugar fructose might prevent the proper functioning of peoples' immune systems in ways that have, until now, largely been unknown.
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