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Pungent ginger compound puts immune cells on heightened alert: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Ginger is known for activating the immune system. This argument is now supported by new findings from the Leibniz Center for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich. Little doses of a spicy ginger component heightened white blood cell alertness in laboratory testing. This
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Delaying antibiotics for neutropenic fever may not affect survival of canc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Neutropenia--low levels of white blood cells called neutrophils, which fight infection--develops in more than 80 per cent of patients who receive chemotherapy for blood cancer. It occurs because chemotherapy destroys neutrophils along with tumour cells.
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Experimental cancer therapy shows 73 pc success rate in trials: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The treatment, which is referred to as a "bispecific antibody," binds to both T cells and multiple myeloma cells and instructs the T cells, which are white blood cells that can be used to fight off diseases
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Intestinal immune cells use sugar as energy source, finds research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], August 20 (ANI): A recent study found that white blood cells that reside in the intestines, known as tissue-resident lymphocytes, use sugar as an energy source and have a faster metabolism than lymphocytes that circulate in the blood.
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Study finds intestinal immune cells have sweet tooth
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], August 16 (ANI): White blood cells that reside in the intestines, a particular class of immune cells known as tissue-resident lymphocytes, use sugar as an energy source and have a faster metabolism than lymphocytes that circulate in the blood, according to a recent study.
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Study points to potential new therapeutic approach for leukemia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer of white blood cells with few effective targeted therapies available to treat it. Researchers found that AML cells rely on a previously little-known protein called SCP4 for survival.
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New insights on inflammation promoting heart disease: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 25 (ANI): A new study has found that bone marrow factors lead to increased production of white blood cells that drive inflammation in cardiovascular disease.
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Body uses fat to fight infection, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Norwich [UK], December 11 (ANI): According to new research by the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute, our immune cells use the body's fat stores to fight infection.
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Mysterious viral fever grips Pakistan's Karachi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], November 13 (ANI): Cases of "mysterious viral fever" are being witnessed in Pakistan's Karachi that behaves exactly like dengue fever as it reduces platelets and white blood cells of the patients, local media reported citing field experts.
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Study shows stem-like T cells could aid immunotherapy in cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): In a new study by Yale Cancer Center, researchers show stem-like T cells within certain lymph nodes could be natural cancer fighters. Targeting these T cells, which are a type of white blood cells, with immunotherapy drugs could increase the number of canc
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Electricity could help speed wound healing: Study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): A new study drove by Ohio State University suggests that electric stimulation may be able to help blood vessels carry white blood cells and oxygen to wounds, speeding the healing process.
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Why B-cells produce protein antibiodies?
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 12 (ANI): A new research has found why B-cells in rheumatoid arthritis produce protein antibodies that attack the healthy proteins of the body. B-cells are also known as white blood cells.
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