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Can dietary patterns impact stomach cancer risk?

Eating patterns and indices related to gastric cancer and explored their association with stomach cancer risk.

22 Feb 2024

Study highlights an immunological mechanism underlying Long COVID

SARS-CoV-2 triggers the production of the antiviral protein IFN-γ, which is associated with fatigue, muscle ache and depression.

21 Feb 2024

Canagliflozin reduces atherosclerosis and modulates inflammatory, oxidative pathways in mice

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. This study was aimed at investigating the effect of canagliflozin (Cana) on atherosclerosis and further exploring its potential mechanism. ApoE−/− mice were fed a Western diet (WD) and randomly divided into a WD group and WD+Cana group.

19 Feb 2024

Exercise unleashes anti-inflammatory power against autoimmune diseases

The impact of exercise training on reducing inflammation in adolescents and adults with autoimmune diseases.

19 Feb 2024

New study pinpoints key markers for Long COVID diagnosis

Study identifies elevated serologic responses and memory CD8+ T cell clonal expansion as key markers of Long COVID, offering insights into its pathology and potential diagnostic approaches.

18 Feb 2024

Smoking, infection, and BMI found to significantly sway immune response, study shows

Study reveals how smoking, CMV latent infection, and BMI significantly influence cytokine release, impacting immune response variability and potentially affecting disease risk.

14 Feb 2024

Study reveals the long-term effects of smoking on immunity

Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses. This is the finding recently made by a team of scientists at the Institut Pasteur using the Milieu Intérieur cohort of 1,000 healthy volunteers, established to understand variability in immune responses.

14 Feb 2024

Study finds interleukin-24 enhances CAR-T cell therapy's effectiveness against cancer stem cells

The effect of Interleukin-24 (IL-24) on CSCs and CAR-T cell therapy.

14 Feb 2024

Acupuncture may lower stroke risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients

A course of acupuncture may curb the heightened risk of stroke associated with rheumatoid arthritis, finds a comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

13 Feb 2024

Olive oil's secret weapon against Alzheimer's: phenolic compounds

A comprehensive review in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences highlights the potential of extra-virgin olive oil and its phenolic compounds in preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease through various mechanisms, including reducing amyloid-beta accumulation and neuroinflammation.

12 Feb 2024

Pregnant women show significant immune system changes linked to gut microbiome

How gut microbiota and metabolite changes relate to immune function during pregnancy.

12 Feb 2024

Prior Zika infection ups risk of severe dengue, study finds

A study led by Brazilian researchers shows that people who have had zika run a higher risk of subsequently having severe dengue and being hospitalized.

7 Feb 2024

Gut microbiota alterations may influence immune system changes during pregnancy

During pregnancy, a woman's immune system changes dramatically but researchers don't yet understand all the underlying mechanisms.

7 Feb 2024

Resveratrol can combat Alzheimer's via inflammatory suppression, study shows

Study demonstrates Resveratrol's ability to mitigate Alzheimer's Disease (AD) symptoms by inhibiting proinflammatory responses and promoting antioxidant enzyme expression in microglial cell lines, offering insights into its neuroprotective mechanisms.

5 Feb 2024

Study links specific inflammatory markers to increased cancer risk

The causal relevance of circulating inflammatory markers in cancer risk.

5 Feb 2024

Study reveals "dormancy" of natural killer cells in tumors

Some immune cells in our bodies see their 'killer instinct' restricted after entering solid tumours, according to new research.

5 Feb 2024

Black garlic may have anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties

The anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties of black garlic (BG).

5 Feb 2024

Phase II clinical trial evaluates the safety and efficacy of a Muse cell-based product in patients with ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of motor functions, which eventually leads to death within 5 years of its onset.

1 Feb 2024

Long COVID and ME/CFS share isimilarities in immune system dysfunction, study finds

A study led by UMass Chan Medical School viral immunologists Liisa Selin, MD, PhD, and Anna Gil, PhD, discovered similarities in immune system dysfunction as a potential biomarker among people living with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

1 Feb 2024