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No vaccine can give 100 per cent immunity from any disease, say experts tr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Even as Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, a volunteer in the third phase of vaccine trials for India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, said he has tested positive for the virus, medical experts in the national capital say that no vaccine makes a person
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WHO says almost all COVID-19 cases develop immune response
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI): Almost 100 per cent of COVID-19 patients develop antibodies no matter the course of the disease, WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said on Friday.
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Study suggests patients receiving low dose steroid at increased risk of ca
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Glucocorticoids are steroids widely prescribed to treat a range of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. While high doses of steroids are known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, the impact of lower doses is unknown. A study suggests that even
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Genetically engineered T cells could lead to therapies for autoimmune dise
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.
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On World Aids Day, here are some lessons from fight against AIDS for comba
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): While there are different ways in which the coronavirus impacts human health and body, a major system of the human body that it affects directly is the immune system
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Researchers find engineered immune cells as new hope for HIV vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 22 (ANI): With a new vaccine approach that would anticipate engineered immune cells from the patient's body, scientists at Scripps Research have moved closer to attaining a triumph over HIV research.
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Engineered immune cells, new hope for HIV vaccine: Research
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Washington [US], November 20 (ANI): Scientists at Scripps Research have moved closer to attaining a triumph over HIV research with a new vaccine approach that would anticipate engineered immune cells from the patient's body.
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Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine "well tolerated in older adults"
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Major drug marker Serum of Institute of India (SII) on Thursday said that the coronavirus vaccine, developed by teams at the University of Oxford, has been shown to trigger a robust immune response in healthy adults aged 56-69 and those over 70 years
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UK's Oxford vaccine phase-2 trial indicates strong results in older adults
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): In a major development, UK's Covid-19 vaccine has shown similar strong immune response in healthy older adults -aged 56 years and above- to those seen in people between 18 to 55 years, according to findings from a phase-2 trial.
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E-cigarette users may have increased susceptibility to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): In a controlled study of smokers, nonsmokers, and e-cigarette users, University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers found that e-cigarette users exhibited significantly altered immune responses to a model of influenza virus infection, suggesti
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Vitamin E extracted from palm oil useful in boosting immune response based
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 15(ANI): The findings of a new study conducted on mice liver cells reveal that vitamin-e extracted from palm oil helps in boosting the immune response of the body.
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Blocking two immune molecules can prevent asthma attacks: Study
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], November 15 (ANI): La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), has come up with a new breakthrough study, revealing the key to preventing asthma attacks by blocking two immune molecules at the same time is key to preventing asthma attacks in a mouse model.
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