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Bone marrow backup needed to tackle respiratory infections: Study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 9 (ANI): Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found how the immune system triggers an emergency dendritic cell response during infection, with dendritic cells at the site of infection being reinforced by new cells which travel from the bone marrow.
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Study investigates role of gene associated with Alzheimer's disease in bra
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Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have been investigating how the immune cells in the brain -- microglia -- relate to a gene mutation recently found in Alzheimer's disease patients.
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Study identifies drugs that can prevent disease-causing activity of key im
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Washington [US], November 2 (ANI): Macrophages are key cells of the immune system with many important beneficial functions, but can also exacerbate many common diseases.
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Study finds foodborne diseases protect gut's nervous system
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Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): A new study has found that mice infected with bacteria or parasites develop a unique form of tolerance that is quite unlike the textbook immune response.
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New immunotherapy insights for kidney cancer offered by study
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Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL have found immune cell patterns within tumours that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
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Research explores how immune system gets altered by COVID-19
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Berlin [Germany], October 31 (ANI): Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich researchers say that COVID-19 reduces the numbers and functional competence of certain types of immune cells in the blood.
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Study finds how COVID-19 alters immune system
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Berlin [Germany], October 28 (ANI): COVID-19 reduces the numbers and functional competence of certain types of immune cells in the blood, say Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich researchers. This could affect responses to secondary infections.
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Study offers new immunotherapy insights for kidney cancer
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and UCL, found immune cell patterns within tumours that can help predict if patients with kidney cancer will respond to immunotherapy.
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Possible treatment strategy for Meningitis without antibiotics found by re
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Copenhagen [Denmark], October 25 (ANI): In a new study performed on rats, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Lund University were able to utilise the body's own immune cells to kill the bacterial meningitis infection.
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Poor immune response detected in double-vaccinated blood cancer patients
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London [UK], October 22 (ANI): More than half of double vaccinated blood cancer patients have been left with little protection against COVID-19, new research has found.
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Scientists come up with strategy to overcome colorectal cancers' immunothe
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): A recent study provides insights into why some types of colorectal cancer don't respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors and offers a strategy to overcome their resistance.
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WHO panel recommends COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for people with weak im
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Geneva [Switzerland] October 12 (ANI): People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot of approved COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory group to the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.
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