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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 discover primary cause of smell loss in long Covid-19
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a team of scientists led by Duke Health report, the reason some people do not recover their sense of smell after Covid-19 is due to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decrease in the number of those cells.
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Study: Infection during pregnancy linked to neurodevelopmental changes in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Antidepressant use during pregnancy may combine with inflammation to heighten the risk of lifelong neurodevelopmental changes in babies' brains, such as those linked to autism, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.
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Study finds cells that helps to treat resistance in prostate cancer
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have described prostate cancer cell dynamics at a single-cell resolution across the whole course of the disease, from the first stages to the point of androgen independence, where the tumour stops responding to hormone restriction therapy.
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Researchers reveal how inflammation is regulated
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The regulation of inflammation has been better understood thanks to research from Trinity College Dublin scientists. Recent research has revealed that a crucial immunological alarm protein that was previously thought to slow down the immune response really has the opposite effect.
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Scientists discover new immune target to treat cardiovascular disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Clinicians have traditionally treated cardiovascular disease by focusing on diabetes and blood pressure control, as well as lowering cholesterol with drugs such as aspirin and statins.
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Study explains why women are at greater risk to suffer from Alzheimer's
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a study published in Science Advances, researchers discovered that the brains of women had significantly higher amounts of a modified immune protein which could signal the existence of Alzheimer's.
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Researchers discover immune reservoir to treat Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers suggested cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that circulates inside of and around your brain and spinal cord, your three-pound brain doesn't feel particularly heavy. This fluid-filled space between your brain and skull shields it from a blow to the head and saturates it with nutrition.
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Researchers reveal intermediate cells that helps to treat resistance in pr
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
From the onset of the disease through the point of androgen independence, where the tumour no longer responds to hormone restriction therapy, researchers have described prostate cancer cell dynamics at a single-cell resolution over the course of the disease.
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Researchers reveal how nanomaterial influences gut microbiome, immune syst
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Graphene oxide, a nanomaterial utilised in everything from electronics to biomolecule sensors, may have an indirect impact on the immune system through the gut microbiome.
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Research finds how antibody therapy impacts COVID vaccines
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nearly three years into the pandemic, many of us now carry antibodies against the virus--due to an infection or two, a few doses of mRNA vaccine, or a round of monoclonal-antibody treatment. But not all immune responses are created equal, and how we first developed our antibodies may influen
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Researchers find drug effective to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to research, patients taking efgartigimod, a medication being tested for use in the treatment of chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), showed a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts, which are necessary for clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those t
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