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Deer can pass tuberculosis to humans, CDC warns

Tuberculosis or TB is a highly contagious infection that usually affects the lungs, but it can spread to other parts of the body, such as the spine and brain. Commonly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can spread through the air from person to person.

30 Sep 2019

Combination of two immunotherapy drugs stops or reverses progression of advanced melanoma

A combination of two immunotherapy drugs, ipilimumab and nivolumab, has stopped or reversed the progression of advanced melanoma for five years or more in one in two patients, according to a study led by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

28 Sep 2019

NAU researchers aim to find microbial link between two common respiratory diseases

Asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis- sinus inflammation that lasts for at least three months- are serious and costly diseases, and both are on the rise. According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, CRS affects up to 16 percent of the U.S. adult population and eats up a staggering 5 percent of the country's health care budget each year.

27 Sep 2019

Scientists discover T cell homing beacons for lungs

Scientists have identified a pair of molecules critical for T cells, part of the immune system, to travel to and populate the lungs. A potential application could be strengthening vaccines against respiratory pathogens such as influenza.

27 Sep 2019

Washing machine could be a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens

For the first time ever, investigators have identified a washing machine as a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens. The pathogens, a single clone of Klebsiella oxytoca, were transmitted repeatedly to newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit at a German children's hospital.

27 Sep 2019

Human aging processes may hinder cancer development, study finds

A new study, published in Aging Cell, has found that human aging processes may hinder cancer development.

27 Sep 2019

Children's of Alabama using cold sore virus to fight pediatric brain cancer

Children's of Alabama is home to one of the most exciting studies underway in pediatric cancer: evaluating the use of a cold sore virus to treat children with progressive malignant brain tumors.

26 Sep 2019

Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates immune cells in disease susceptibility

The International Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Consortium reports the results of its latest study, "Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates peripheral immune cells and microglia in susceptibility", in the journal Science today: the highly productive collaborative group presents a new milestone in its efforts to understand the genetic basis of multiple sclerosis.

26 Sep 2019

High-dose radiation effective for men whose prostate cancer has spread, trial shows

A randomized clinical trial of targeted, high-dose radiation for men with oligometastatic prostate cancer has shown the treatment to be an effective and safe option for patients who wish to delay hormone-suppression therapy.

26 Sep 2019

Adding radiation after immunotherapy increases PFS for some patients with metastatic NSCLC

Adding precisely aimed, escalated doses of radiation after patients no longer respond to immunotherapy reinvigorates the immune system in some patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, increasing progression-free survival.

26 Sep 2019

New NIH program aims to improve lives for people with inherited blood and immune diseases

People with inherited diseases of the blood and immune system can now receive treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center through a new, streamlined program that integrates expertise from many medical specialties and related basic science disciplines.

26 Sep 2019

Tasmanian devil study may give clues to how cancers evade the immune system

A cluster of interacting proteins that are active in both human cancers and Tasmanian devil facial tumors, may give clues to how cancers evade the immune system, according to a study part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in Cancer Cell today.

26 Sep 2019

Mechanisms behind antibiotic resistance captured on video for the first time

Scientists have established the cause of antibiotic-resistance in bacteria on video, and the findings contradict previous beliefs.

26 Sep 2019

Johns Hopkins researchers identify new way to lower blood pressure in obese patients

There's no question that as body weight increases, so too does blood pressure. Now, in a study of mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have revealed exactly which molecules are likely responsible for the link between obesity and blood pressure.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 26 Sep 2019

Scientists identify cause of antibiotic resistance

Scientists have confirmed for the first time that bacteria can change form to avoid being detected by antibiotics in the human body.

26 Sep 2019

Metabolic imbalance in cancer patients associated with resistance to immune checkpoint blocker

A metabolic imbalance in some cancer patients following treatment with a checkpoint inhibitor drug, nivolumab, is associated with resistance to the immunotherapy agent and shorter survival, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in collaborative work with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

25 Sep 2019

Immune System News and Research

Deer can pass tuberculosis to humans, CDC warns

Combination of two immunotherapy drugs stops or reverses progression of advanced melanoma

NAU researchers aim to find microbial link between two common respiratory diseases

Scientists discover T cell homing beacons for lungs

Washing machine could be a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens

Human aging processes may hinder cancer development, study finds

Children's of Alabama using cold sore virus to fight pediatric brain cancer

Multiple sclerosis genomic map implicates immune cells in disease susceptibility

High-dose radiation effective for men whose prostate cancer has spread, trial shows

Adding radiation after immunotherapy increases PFS for some patients with metastatic NSCLC

New NIH program aims to improve lives for people with inherited blood and immune diseases

Tasmanian devil study may give clues to how cancers evade the immune system

Mechanisms behind antibiotic resistance captured on video for the first time

Johns Hopkins researchers identify new way to lower blood pressure in obese patients

Scientists identify cause of antibiotic resistance

Metabolic imbalance in cancer patients associated with resistance to immune checkpoint blocker

Dormant HIV reservoirs could be killed with RNA switch

New compound could take on lethal fungal, bacterial infections in immunocompromised people

Detailed imaging of trypanosome paves way for new opportunities to combat sleeping sickness

New lab-on-a-chip system quickly identifies health aspects of a person's immune system

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