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Development of gut microbiome prompts insusceptible response to COVID-19 s
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): The research published in the journal Gut claims that the assortment and volume of microscopic organisms in the gut, known as the microbiome, may impact the seriousness of COVID-19 and the magnitude of the immune system reaction to the infection.
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Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improved immun
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Birmingham [UK], January 16 (ANI): Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the biological mechanisms of the long-term positive health effects of breastfeeding in preventing disorders of the immune s
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Study: Depression, stress could dampen efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines
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Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): Decades of research show that depression, stress, loneliness, and poor health behaviours can weaken the body's immune system and lower the effectiveness of certain vaccines. A new report suggests that the same may be true for the new COVID-19 vaccines that
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Killing cancer by unleashing the body's own immune system
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Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): A University of Missouri researcher might have found a new way to help the body's immune system get past that deception and destroy cancer.
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Make-up of gut microbiome may influence COVID-19 severity, immune response
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Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): The variety and volume of bacteria in the gut, known as the microbiome, may influence the severity of COVID-19 as well as the magnitude of the immune system response to the infection, suggests the findings of new research.
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Study on mice finds link between gut disease and brain injury in premature
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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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A new approach to study autoimmune diseases
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Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): A team of researchers led by the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Diabetes Center's Scientific Director Decio L. Eizirik, MD, PhD, has found that identifying new treatments for autoimmune diseases requires studying together the immune system AND target
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Gut cells sound the alarm when parasites invade, says study
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Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): A chain reaction led by cells lining the intestines tips the immune system off to the presence of the parasite Cryptosporidium, according to a study led by researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine.
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Protein makes developing cells to stick together
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Sendai [Japan], December 25 (ANI): Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay sorted within correct compartments during development. How tightly cells clump together, known as cell adhesion, appears to be enabled
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Novel discovery provides hope for early detection of serious Covid-19 case
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], December 12 (ANI): A new way of testing whether or not Covid-19 patients' immune systems are gearing up to fight the virus that causes the deadly disease -- has been developed by Australian researchers.
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Discovery provides hope for early detection of serious Covid-19
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Brisbane [Australia], December 8 (ANI): Australian researchers have developed a way of testing whether or not Covid-19 patients' immune systems are gearing up to fight the virus that causes the deadly disease.
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On World Aids Day, here are some lessons from fight against AIDS for comba
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New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): While there are different ways in which the coronavirus impacts human health and body, a major system of the human body that it affects directly is the immune system
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