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Researchers find effective drug to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patients taking efgartigimod, a drug being studied for use to treat chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), exhibited a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts which are essential to clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those taking a placebo, according to results
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Evidence of autoimmunity's origins uncovered via new approach: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A study supports the idea that some T cells that react to microbes also may react to normal human proteins, causing autoimmune disease. The findings promise to accelerate efforts to improve diagnostic tools and treatments for autoimmune diseases.
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Study suggests women with postpartum mood disorders might have immune syst
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to new research by Cedars-Sinai investigators, Women with prolonged mental health problems up to three years after childbirth may be suffering from irregular immune system responses
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Researchers reveal new insights into novel HIV vaccine strategy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While scientists had previously struggled to create an effective vaccine against HIV, results from a first-in-human clinical trial indicate that a novel vaccine design technique being used by scientists offers new potential.
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Study explores how common immune cells might prevent intestinal healing
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Karolinska Institutet researchers have demonstrated that B lymphocytes, on which the efficient operation of the immune system depends, can occasionally cause more harm than good since their numbers sharply increase following intestinal trauma, impeding the healing process.
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Research: Gossypetin found in hibiscus may beat Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A research team has verified that gossypetin activates immune cells in the brain that clear A beta, which triggers Alzheimer's disease.
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Find out what triggers Crohn's disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Changes in a single gene open the door for harmful gut bacteria to set off the inflammation that drives Crohn's disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. These findings could one day help doctors better select targeted treatments
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Research finds how common immune cells can prevent intestinal healing
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
B cells are critical to the proper functioning of the immune system. However, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that they can sometimes do more harm than good, as their numbers greatly increase after bowel damage, preventing the tissue from healing. The results, which are prese
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JACE Beverage launches 100 per cent certified natural cold press juice bra
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 2 (ANI/PNN): 'JACE Beverages' is a 100 per cent certified natural cold press juice brand. Studies say that "Juicing" can reduce risk of cancer, boost immune system, remove toxins from body, aid digestion and help losing weight.
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Researchers reveal how immune cells prevent Alzheimer's disease, cognitiv
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Study found out how immune cells prevent Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive decline. Researchers revealed that boosting these cells could restore the damage.
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Scientists reveal first close-up look at bats' immune response to live inf
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and colleagues in Singapore have sequenced the response to viral infection in colony-bred cave nectar bats (Eonycteris spelaea) at single-cell resolution. Published in the journal Immunity, the findings contribute to insights into bat immunity that could
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Simultaneous radiation, immunotherapy beneficial for subset of lung cancer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In many cancer types, cancer cells try to survive by escaping attack from the immune system. These cancer cells hijack mechanisms called immune checkpoints to trick the immune system into thinking they are healthy cells. Recent advances in cancer treatment have focused on developing immune c
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