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Blood vessels are not designed to fight infections: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 11 (ANI): In a recent study, group of scientists have found that endothelial cells are vulnerable to bacterial infection because they lack certain immune machinery common in other cells.
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Treatment of diabetes with 'educated' immune cells
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 7 (ANI): New research has revealed that a treatment called Stem Cell Educator therapy is safe and effective for treating type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Did you know birds become immune to influenza?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that an influenza infection in birds, especially mallards, protect them from other sub-types of the virus just like a natural vaccination.
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Exhaustion of immune cells linked to irritable bowel syndrome
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 21 (ANI): Australian researchers have recently discovered that exhaustion of the immune system is linked to a specific type of an intestinal disorder causing pain in the stomach, wind, diarrhea and constipation.
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Switch from animal-based diet to vegetarianism marks Europeans' genes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 13 (ANI): Researchers have found that a switch from animal-based diets to vegetarianism marks Europeans' genes, which led to proper human brain development, controlling inflammation and immune response.
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Brain cancer can now be detected five years earlier in blood: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 9 (ANI): American researchers have found that changes in immune activity can be indicative of a growing brain tumor five years before the symptoms actually surface.
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Why are newborns at greater Herpes simplex virus disease risk?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 30 (ANI): Interferon is a crucial component of the human immune system's response to infection by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), but how important a role it plays in determining the severity of disease and explaining why newborns are so much more suscept
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Ailing from chronic inflammation? Here is why
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 29 (ANI): Are you suffering from chronic intestinal disorders? Blame your body's immune system for that.
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Pets can help ward off obesity, allergy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 7 (ANI): You may want to gift a dog to your baby as a recent study has suggested that a pet early in life may alter gut bacteria in immune-boosting ways.
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Targeting immune cells in obese can treat diabetes, hypertension
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 20 (ANI): In over-weight people, immune cells prevalent in the fatty tissue get reduced in number which may contribute to cause diabetes and hypertension, according to a recent study.
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Need to rebuild Congress, says Priya Dutt
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 16 (ANI): In tune with her earlier assertion that the Congress is suffering from an "auto immune disease", former MP Priya Dutt on Thursday said that a strong decision must be taken for rebuilding the party and reorganizing the structure.
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Asthmatics less able to fight off flu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 10 (ANI): People with asthma are likely to have worse symptoms when they get the flu because they have weaker immune systems, a new research has shown.
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