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Researchers develop upgraded tumor model to improve search for cancer ther
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Isolated from other cells in a laboratory dish, tumour cells won't reveal their actual nature. Rice University researchers created an improved tumour model that houses osteosarcoma cells alongside immune cells known as macrophages inside a three-dimensional framework designed to simulate bon
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Study reveals how alveolar macrophages protect against viral infection
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The human immune system is a very intricate network of cells, signals, and reactions that is strictly regulated in order to ensure that the body can fight off infection without injuring its own tissues
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Study hints at why older people are more susceptible to the flu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Though the COVID-19 pandemic provided a brief respite, influenza virus is back in circulation and, as usual, poses a special danger to people over the age of 65. But why are older people more susceptible to the flu? New research from the U-M Medical School, published in Nature Communications
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Researchers find macrophages may be scavenger cells of the immune system
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Alveoli are microscopic air sacs in our lungs that exchange gases between the air we breathe and our blood. To keep this process running properly, the alveolar epithelial cells create a material called "surfactant," which coats the alveoli like a film. Th
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Study finds how lung's immune cells develop after birth
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): A new study has found how lung macrophages develop and these new findings can help to reduce organ damage and are significant for the continued development of important lung disease treatments.
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Study explores how immune cells are controlled during wound healing
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Cologne [Germany], December 19 (ANI): Metabolism of mitochondria, the energy suppliers of cells, in macrophages coordinate wound healing to a significant degree, new research by the University of Cologne has found.
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Study finds how immune cells are controlled during wound healing
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Cologne [Germany], December 13 (ANI): A new research by the University of Cologne has found that the metabolism of mitochondria, the energy suppliers of cells, in macrophages coordinate wound healing to a significant degree.
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Study identifies drugs that can prevent disease-causing activity of key im
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
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 new weapon in fight against liver diseases
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 2 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers developed a new approach that could revolutionise the treatment, prevention, and possibly reversal of the damages caused by liver diseases.
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Study sheds light on new research that may explain severe virus attacks on
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], January 3 (ANI): How different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases, has been described in a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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New research may explain severe virus attacks on lungs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], December 31 (ANI): In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them
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New research may explain severe virus attacks on lungs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases.
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