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Stress effects brain, psyche through immune system: Study
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chronic stress has far-reaching effects on our bodies. Many stress-related psychiatric diseases, including depression, are linked to immune system abnormalities. However, the basic mechanisms governing how these alterations influence the brain remain largely unclear.
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Do you know brain protein's virus-like structure helps define cancer-induc
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a rare but severe cancer consequence, the immune system can target the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive impairment. What triggered this unanticipated biological civil war remained mostly unknown.
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Study finds how brain protein's virus-like structure help define cancer-in
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a rare but significant complication of cancer, the body's immune system can begin attacking the brain, resulting in rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive impairment. What precipitated this unexpected biological civil war was mostly unknown.
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Tips for Newly Parents to Protect their Newborn from the Seasonal Infectio
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 29: Bringing a newborn into the world is an exhilarating experience for parents, but it also comes with a heightened sense of responsibility, especially when it comes to safeguarding your little one from seasonal infections. Babies, with their developing
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Scientists reveal why one type of chemotherapy works best in bladder cance
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to a study published in Cell Reports Medicine in January, researchers at Tisch Cancer Institute showed that a certain form of chemotherapy boosts the immune system's ability to fight bladder cancer, especially when paired with immunotherapy.
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Study gives new insights into fungal infections
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have identified hundreds of genes subject to recent, clinically relevant selection in six species of the fungal pathogen Candida.
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Study finds immune system can influence behaviour
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a Yale-led study published in the journal Nature, the immune system plays a critical role in modifying our behaviour.
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Do you know immune system can alter behaviour? Here's what a study found
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Those who are allergic to seafood may become extremely ill simply by smelling it, making them more prone to avoid it. People who get food illness after eating a specific meal demonstrate the same avoidance behaviour.
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New type of antibody can help against multiple forms of flu virus: Study
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a previously unknown class of antibodies--immune system proteins that guard against disease--that appear to be capable of neutralising different strains of flu virus.
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Study identifies similarity between deficiency in vitamin B12, multiple sc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists have been observing for decades an intriguing resemblance between multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease where the immune system of the body attacks the central nervous system (CNS) and can cause neurodegeneration, and a deficiency in vitamin B12, an essential nutrient that su
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AIDS, HIV are not transmitted just by having sex: Dr Jugal Kishore
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Dr Jugal Kishore, Community Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital on Friday said that earlier people who got infected with HIV were certain that they would die as their immune system used to get completely affected, adding that there was that fear factor that was a
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Macrophage ageing is triggered by cancer stem cells: Study
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A group of researchers looked into the ways in which cancer stem cells avoid the immune system in mouse models.
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