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Study gives more insight into development of infection-fighting immune cel
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
With its complicated network of proteins, cells, and organs, the immune system guards the body against intruders like bacteria, viruses, or tumours. Cytotoxic T cells, specialised immune cells that destroy malignant or infected cells in our bodies, can transform into transient effector cells
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Viral infections could change how microbes react to warming: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In this study, scientists describe many different ways that increasing temperatures could affect viruses and their microbial hosts.
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Researchers develop new immunotherapy treatment to target respiratory vira
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A researcher at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine has created a novel, more accurate therapy for a leading source of sickness worldwide each year - acute respiratory virus infections.
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Study: Scientists create first calf resistant to serious viral disease usi
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The first gene-edited calf with resistance to the bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV), which costs the U.S. cow industry billions of dollars every year, has been created by scientists working together.
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New discovery prevents bacterial virus contamination
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A new discovery by the University of Warwick researchers may help prevent bacteria from becoming contaminated with viruses, reducing disruption and costs in industry and research.
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Tick infection affects various cell types in brain: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Depending on whether the affected person's immune system is activated or not, the dreaded tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infects different types of brain cells in different parts of the brain. This is demonstrated in a new study from Ume University in Sweden.
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Natural Nasal and Mouth Sprays Offer a Novel Way to Cope with Seasonal Inf
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI/SRV): ErasaVir launches its nasal and mouth sprays in the Indian market, to help people fight respiratory infections. A new wave of viral infections has been sweeping across India. While theories on the origins of these infections vary, individuals have been
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Study reveals how extracellular vesicles boost T cells
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
T cells, a key element of the immune system, are crucial in preventing viral infections. Extracellular vesicles are shown to be crucial in the activation of these cells in a mouse model by a team led by Prof. Thomas Brocker and Jan Kranich from the LMU Biomedical Center.
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Researchers discover source of T cell exhaustion
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
CAR T-cell treatments, which are specifically designed to target cancer cells, has heralded a new era in the treatment of human cancers, particularly hematologic malignancies. But all too frequently, they exhibit a disconcerting characteristic derived from the immune system's own cells: a sh
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Union Health Ministry holds meeting of experts, officials of hospitals ami
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Union Health Ministry has conducted a meeting of top health officials of big hospitals and experts and discussed cases of viral infections on the rise in the country, especially due to the H3N2 virus, an official said on Monday.
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Study suggests way to re-energise tired T cells when treating cancer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC -- James) suggests a way to re-energize critical killer immune cells that have become exhausted when fighting cancer or chro
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Two cattle heads die of Lumpy skin disease in Bihar, govt intensifies vacc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The lethal viral infection, spread by vectors including parasitic ticks and mosquito bites, has spread in hundreds of villages in ten districts including Patna.
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