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Immune-boosting therapy helps honey bees fight viruses: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Scientists have discovered a unique method of strengthening honey bees' immune systems to help them fight lethal viruses, which have contributed to significant losses of the essential pollinator worldwide.
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'Ageing' immune cell levels may predict how well we respond to vaccines: R
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge scientists have discovered a blood pattern that could help predict how well an individual will respond to immunisations. The study, which was published in Nature Communications, could explain why, even within susceptible patient groups, some people respond better to immunisations t
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Human T cells play key role in controlling respiratory syncytial virus inf
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In healthy adults, the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) primarily causes the symptoms of a cold, but it can also lead to more serious lung infections in newborns, those with impaired immune systems, and the elderly. Surprisingly, the most frequent cause of hospitalisation for newborns and y
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Research: New ways of capturing influenza A, Ebola viruses are under devel
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Viruses such as influenza A and Ebola infiltrate human cells in a series of phases.
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Research finds new ways to trap influenza A and Ebola virus
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In an interdisciplinary approach, research teams from Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital investigated the final stages of viral penetration using electron tomography and computer simulations. In the case of influenza A, they were able to determine how the immune system
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Crockery Wala and Company, opening its second store to end the "LALA" era
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI/PNN): The increasing demand and awareness of the health benefits of copper, brass, bronze, and stainless steel utensils has led Crockery Wala and Company to open its second company-owned showroom in Dadar (west), Mumbai, Maharashtra, on April 14, 2023.
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Study discover pregnant women with anxiety have biologically different imm
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Columbia University Irving Medical Center have shown that pregnant women with anxiety have an immune system that differs biologically from pregnant women without anxiety.
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Study finds new infant gene therapy to treat Artemis-SCID patients
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ten young infants born without functioning immune systems and unable to fight infections are on track for better lives thanks to a new gene therapy procedure developed at UC San Francisco.
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Scientists unearth potential viral resistance mechanism
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists have unearthed a secret that may explain why some people are able to resist viral infections, having screened the immune systems of women exposed to hepatitis C (HCV) through contaminated anti-D transfusions given over 40 years ago in Ireland.
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Scientists unearth potential secret to viral resistance
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed a secret that may explain why some people are able to resist viral infections, having screened the immune systems of women exposed to hepatitis C (HCV) through contaminated anti-D transfusions given over 40 years ago in Ireland.
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Norovirus and other 'stomach viruses' can spread through saliva
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): A class of viruses known to cause severe diarrheal diseases including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships can grow in the salivary glands of mice and spread through their saliva, scientists have discovered. The findings show that a new rout
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Research finds COVID-19 vaccination benefits cancer patients
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): Cancer patients with compromised immune systems due to their disease or therapy remain at high risk for COVID-19 infection. While clinical trials showed vaccination could prevent or lessen the risk of severe illness in healthy individuals, it has been uncl
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