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Study focuses on new technique to study parasitic infections one cell at a
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): Scientists developed a new technique that may help them to study the body's immune response to intestinal parasite infections one gut cell at a time.
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Study reveals half of lupus rashes harbour high levels of bacterial infect
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): Lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. Scientists have found one side effect of lupus, that it could also make patients more vulnerable to a skin infection, or sprea
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Study focuses on possible new combination treatment for advanced melanoma
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 31 (ANI): Researchers discovered that using an immunotherapy drug called NKTR-214, also known as bempegaldesleukin, in combination with an infusion of anti-tumour immune cells, or T cells, may produce a stronger immune response that could help fight advanced melano
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Researchers develop new strategy to fight antibiotic resistance
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): While traditional antibiotics are known to serve the purpose of killing or reducing the activity of individual bacteria, some bacteria become resistant to these antibiotics. In recent research, bioscience engineers have developed a new antibacterial strat
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Genetics might explain the difference in our ability to ward off gut infec
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], Jan 17 (ANI): Individuals vary in the capability of their immune systems to ward off gut infections due to bacteria viruses and other pathogens, but the latest research suggests that part of this can be explained by genetic factors.
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Scientists breach the brain fortress to cure tumors
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Researchers have figured out a new method to bypass the blood-brain barrier in situations where it begins to play a counterproductive role by expelling the immune system cell through its drainage system.
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Study reveals lower levels of lymphocyte blood cells may indicate increase
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA) Jan 13 (ANI): Lower levels of lymphocyte blood cells in a condition called lymphopenia, could be an early warning for future illness according to a recent study conducted in Denmark. The reduced count of the immune cells was associated with a 60 percent increase in deat
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Researchers find 'molecular missing link' may explain allergic reactions t
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A new study finding presents insight as to what may trigger immune responses to skin creams and commercial products.
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PLA - A year in review and preview
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jan 1 (ANI): Overall, 2019 was a year of setbacks for China, as it tussled with President Donald Trump in a brewing trade war, received stiffening criticism about its incarceration of at least a million Muslim Uighurs, and faced growing criticism of its foreign interference in
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Bacteria can 'outsmart' programmed cell death: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): Certain bacteria can override a defence mechanism of the immune system, so-called programmed cell death, through inhibition of death effector molecules by their outer membranes components. Shigella bacteria, which cause diarrhoea, use lipopolysaccharides
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New treatment strategy may thwart deadly brain tumours: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 24 (ANI): Immune checkpoint inhibitors are important medications that boost the immune system's response against certain cancers; however, they tend to be ineffective against glioblastoma, the most deadly primary brain tumour in adults.
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Study reveals why belly fat is bad for thinking
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Dec 20 (ANI): Making a New Year's resolution to work out more and eat healthier may be a good idea, not only for your overall health but also to maintain healthy brain function.
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