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Response of T-cells not critical for recovery from COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): The findings of new research conducted on monkeys revealed that T cells are not critical for the recovery of primates from acute COVID-19 infections. Their depletion does not induce severe disease, and T cells do not account for the natural resistance of rhesu
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Research links vaccine immune response to age
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Oregon [US], July 24 (ANI): Older people appear to have fewer antibodies against the novel coronavirus, suggests a new laboratory study from Oregon Health and Science University.
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Researchers develop new cell-analysis technique to fight tuberculosis
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 23 (ANI): During a new study, researchers paved the way for new vaccine strategies against tuberculosis, and provided insights into fighting other infectious diseases around the world by analyzing how individual immune cells react to the bacterium that causes this deadly
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Vaccine immune response linked to age
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Oregon [US], July 22 (ANI): A new laboratory study from Oregon Health and Science University suggests that older people appear to have fewer antibodies against the novel coronavirus.
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Study shows why second dose of COVID-19 vaccine should not be skipped
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): The second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine induces a powerful boost to a part of the immune system that provides broad antiviral protection, according to a study led by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Research highlights critical role of immune system in ageing process
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): Researchers from the Buck Institute and Stanford University have created an inflammatory clock of ageing (iAge) which measures inflammatory load and predicts multi-morbidity, frailty, immune health, cardiovascular ageing and is also associated with exceptional
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Immune cells can be stimulated to boost effects of chemotherapy in pancrea
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): A new study from Queen Mary University of London has demonstrated that immune cells can be stimulated to assemble into special structures within pancreatic cancer, such that, at least in a pre-clinical model, researchers can demonstrate an improvement in the e
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Structures discovered in brain cancer patients can help fight tumours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 6 (ANI): Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered lymph node-like structures close to the tumour in brain cancer patients, where immune cells can be activated to attack the tumour.
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Being clean, hygienic need not impair childhood immunity: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): The theory that modern society is too clean, leading to defective immune systems in children, should be swept under the carpet, according to a new study by researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Study suggests patients with cancer respond well to COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): An international team of researchers with a recent survey found that nearly all patients with cancer developed a good immune response to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines three to four weeks after receiving their second dose.
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Germany recommends mixing COVID vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 3 (ANI): Germany on Friday recommended that people mix AstraZeneca COVID vaccines with Pfizer or Moderna to enhance immune responses against coronavirus and shorten the interval period between the two shots.
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New research suggests prioritized vaccination strategies for organ transpl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): In new research, scientists discussed recent evidence - including a recent Science Immunology study by Hector Rincon-Arevalo and colleagues - that points to a diminished immune response to COVID-19 vaccines among organ transplant recipients and others on immuno
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