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Reducing stress on T cells improves their ability to fight cancer: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Even for killer T cells, which are specialised immune cells, searching for and eliminating cancer cells around the clock can be challenging. Scientists can produce stronger cancer-killing cells if they understand why killer T cells become exhausted.
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Study finds training gut’s immune system to fight harmful effects of emuls
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a new study, mice with immune systems that had been trained against the microbial protein flagellin did not experience the usual negative consequences of consuming food additive emulsifiers, pointing to a potential new strategy to battle many chronic inflammatory disorders.
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Implantable device could allow injection-free diabetes management: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers created a unique implanted device that not only contains hundreds of thousands of insulin-producing islet cells but also has its own onboard oxygen factory that manufactures oxygen by splitting water vapour found in the body.
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Children growing up in towns have greater rates of respiratory illness: St
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers found that young children growing up in towns and cities have greater rates of respiratory illness than those growing up in the country.
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Healthy guts containing mature bacteria linked to less allergy-related wh
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy, babies and young children with better-developed populations of gut bacteria are less likely to develop allergy-related wheezing or asthma.
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Children who live in cities are more likely to have respiratory infections
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Young children who grow up in towns and cities experience higher respiratory illnesses than those who grow up in the country. According to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Milan, Italy.
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Thyroid cancer treatment does not benefit from addition of immune modulato
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the findings of a multicenter phase II clinical trial, treating people who have differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), an advanced form of thyroid cancer that arises from thyroid follicular cells, with the targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) cediranib in addition to their tre
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Researchers discover how specialized T cells in brain slow progression of
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Alzheimer's disease, a neurological disorder characterised with progressive cognitive decline, including memory loss, affects up to 5.8 million Americans today. Protein aggregates, made up of beta-amyloid or other proteins, occur in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. These beta-amyloid plaq
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Immune system is critical in extending multiple myeloma remission: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A new study underlined the critical role that the immune system plays in determining the duration of patients' remission from multiple myeloma.
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Adding immune modulator to targeted therapy does not improve thyroid cance
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the findings of a multicenter phase II clinical trial, treating patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), an advanced form of thyroid cancer that arises from thyroid follicular cells, in addition to their treatment with the targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) cedir
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Study finds how gene therapy shows promising early results for brain tumor
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent study from the University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery and Rogel Cancer Centre demonstrates encouraging preliminary findings that a therapy combining cell-killing and immune-stimulating drugs is safe and effective in extending survival for patients with gliomas, a particu
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Immune cells carve their own route: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
When combating disease, our immune cells must reach their target as rapidly as possible. Immune cells actively build their own navigation system to traverse across diverse settings, according to researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). This challenges earlier no
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