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Healthy gut microbiome improves success of cancer treatment
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The largest study to date has confirmed the link between the gut microbiome and the response to cancer immunotherapy therapy for melanoma.
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Immune molecule's complex role in Huntington's disease: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
More than a decade before people with Huntington's disease show symptoms, they can exhibit abnormally high levels of an immune-system molecule called interleukin-6 (IL-6), which has led many researchers to suspect IL-6 of promoting the eventual neurological devastation associated with the ge
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Researchers seek to understand why vaccine responses vary from person to p
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
While vaccines are one of the most powerful public health tools for protecting against infectious disease, not everybody is conferred the same level of protection. Many factors determine whether an individual responding to vaccination will generate an effective response, including specific b
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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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Study reveals genetic predisposition for Lupus may protect against COVID-1
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers suggested that genetic predisposition for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may be protective against severe COVID-19 infection.
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Study explores why vaccine responses vary from person to person
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Many factors determine whether an individual responding to vaccination will generate an effective response, including specific biomarkers within a person's immune system.
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Researchers discover protein that parasite uses and how it changes immune
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study revealed how a parasite injects the protein into the nucleus of the immune cell and changes the cell's identity.
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Researchers reveal how immune memory cells are stored in bone marrow
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Study found how immune memory cells are stored in the bone marrow at around one single cell per hour for several weeks after immunization.
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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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New computational method builds detailed maps of human tissues
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have developed a computational method to map the architecture of human tissues in unprecedented detail. Their approach promises to accelerate studies on organ-scale cellular interactions and could enable powerful new diagnostic strategies for a wide range o
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Researchers reveal how parasite injects protein into nucleus of immune cel
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The diverse functions of immune cells in the body are extremely rigorously controlled in order to combat infections. How Toxoplasma infects so many people and animal species and spreads so quickly has long been a mystery to scientists.
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Study finds immune memory cells are stored in bone marrow at one single ce
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found how immune memory cells are stored in the bone marrow at around one single cell per hour for several weeks after immunization.
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