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Bacterial exposure is a potential environmental risk factor in developing coeliac disease

Bacterial exposure has been identified as a potential environmental risk factor in developing coeliac disease, a hereditary autoimmune-like condition that affects about one in 70 Australians.

8 Jan 2020

Study reveals new mechanism that controls the causes of stomach disease

Infectious diseases triggered by bacteria and other microbes are the most frequent cause of human mortality across the globe.

8 Jan 2020

New medicine can revolutionize treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer

A medicine is being developed at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) which controls the concentration of oxygen radicals in immune cells, and could revolutionise treatment of inflammatory diseases or even cancer.

7 Jan 2020

Genetic signature helps distinguish latent autoimmune diabetes in adults from pediatric-onset T1D

A multi-center team of researchers led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has discovered a genetic signature that could help distinguish an adult-onset form of diabetes sharing many type 1 diabetes characteristics from pediatric-onset T1D, opening the door to potentially more straightforward diagnostic tests for the adult condition and improving responses by ensuring patients receive the most appropriate treatment.

7 Jan 2020

Clinical trial tests experimental stem cell treatment against best available drugs for MS

A clinical trial has begun testing an experimental stem cell treatment against the best available biologic therapies for severe forms of relapsing multiple sclerosis.

7 Jan 2020

NYU Langone Health announces launch of a multidisciplinary Vaccine Center

Building on its illustrious landmark-achieving history in the field of immunology, NYU Langone Health announced today the launch of a Vaccine Center that combines basic research, clinical studies, and public health outreach to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and other immunological disorders.

7 Jan 2020

Immune cell discovery could hold the key to effective therapies against cancer

Scientists at UCL have identified how a subset of immune cells are activated to kill cancerous cells, a finding in mice which could hold the key to new powerful therapies against cancer.

7 Jan 2020

Can FDA-approved flu shots be repurposed as treatments for cancer?

Changing the microenvironment of tumors to increase the immune system's response to them has been the goal of countless research and clinical studies including the most recent use of checkpoint inhibitory antibodies.

7 Jan 2020

Temperature fluctuations could give early indications of graft-versus-host disease

By continuously monitoring the body temperature of mice that had undergone bone-marrow transplants, researchers were able to detect early warning signs of graft-versus-host disease - a dangerous, sometimes deadly response of the transplanted immune system - in a simple, non-invasive way.

6 Jan 2020

Study hints a link between disruptions to progesterone signaling and recurrent miscarriage

About twenty percent of confirmed pregnancies end in miscarriage, most often in the first trimester, for reasons ranging from infection to chromosomal abnormality.

6 Jan 2020

ART may not be completely effective in restoring immune protection, study suggests

A study led by researchers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Oregon Health & Science University, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed that, despite successful antiretroviral therapy, antigen specific memory to vaccinations that occurred before HIV infection did not recover, even after immune reconstitution.

6 Jan 2020

New clinical study to test retinal screening processes for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

The University of Rhode Island, in collaboration with BayCare Health System in Florida and The Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital, an affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is launching a clinical trial of retinal screening processes that could help clinicians detect Alzheimer's disease possibly two or more decades before patients develop life-altering clinical symptoms.

6 Jan 2020

Immune System News and Research

Bacterial exposure is a potential environmental risk factor in developing coeliac disease

Study reveals new mechanism that controls the causes of stomach disease

New medicine can revolutionize treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer

Genetic signature helps distinguish latent autoimmune diabetes in adults from pediatric-onset T1D

Clinical trial tests experimental stem cell treatment against best available drugs for MS

NYU Langone Health announces launch of a multidisciplinary Vaccine Center

Immune cell discovery could hold the key to effective therapies against cancer

Can FDA-approved flu shots be repurposed as treatments for cancer?

Temperature fluctuations could give early indications of graft-versus-host disease

Study hints a link between disruptions to progesterone signaling and recurrent miscarriage

ART may not be completely effective in restoring immune protection, study suggests

New clinical study to test retinal screening processes for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers develop new way to fight late-stage sepsis

Researchers reveal how antibodies assemble to form a circle for defensive attack

Study may explain how chemicals in skincare products trigger allergic contact dermatitis

Bile acids could also play a role in immunity and inflammation

Radical procedures to treat oral infections are not necessary before stem cell transplantation

Researchers study new immunogenic properties of already existing anti-cancer drugs

UAB nurse practitioner reveals how to stay fit while avoiding the dirtiest places at the gym

Measuring glycans in samples of antibodies

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