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Age affects efficacy of immunotherapy treatment for breast cancer, preclinical study reveals

Recent clinical trials have indicated that immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy, which is designed to unleash a patient's immune system to attack cancer, has been revolutionary in its implications for breast cancer treatment, especially for its potential to treat patients with triple negative breast cancer.

8 Sep 2019

Vaping-related respiratory illness characterized by lipid-laden macrophages in the lungs

Doctors have identified a previously unrecognized characteristic of the vaping-related respiratory illness that has been emerging in clusters across the U.S. in recent months.

8 Sep 2019

Researchers find synergistic connection between two deadly blood-clotting diseases

Two rare but potentially deadly blood-clotting diseases, namely thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or TTP, and hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, show similar pathologies -- a multitude of painful blockages in small blood vessels that cause varying degrees of organ injury throughout the body. However, the two disorders have distinct biological mechanisms.

8 Sep 2019

Study: One-third of children admitted in ICUs for sepsis show PTSD symptoms

Doctors have found that children who have been in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) for sepsis have a significantly increased risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), with around 1/3 showing PTSD symptoms.

8 Sep 2019

ERC Starting Grant to support research on how gut bacteria may affect blood pressure

The community of bacteria inhabiting our bowels, known as the gut microbiome, affects our health and immune system - in a range of different ways.

7 Sep 2019

Tiny fat bubbles hold key to rebooting the immune system and calming disease process

People living with inflammatory autoimmune disease could benefit from an 'immune system reboot', and researchers have isolated specific cells to target.

7 Sep 2019

Vapor from e-cigarettes may impair the cells that line the lungs

Inhaling the vapor from e-cigarettes may cause cellular changes in the lungs that increase susceptibility to viruses, find scientists.

6 Sep 2019

Mesh electronics could make brain stimulation the new therapeutic norm

Implantable brain electrodes have been around for quite some time now, both for diagnosing and treating neuropsychiatric conditions like Parkinson’s disease. However, one limitation of conventional probes is their size and rigidity, compared to the soft, gelatinous consistency of the brain.

6 Sep 2019

All sodas including diet increase risk of premature death

Drinking carbonated drinks such as soft drinks, sodas and colas has long been dubbed as unhealthy, with all the added sugar they contain. Now, a new study added new information on the bad effects of soft drinks to the health.

6 Sep 2019

Cancer patients with low income and no insurance see fewer trial benefits

When it comes to benefiting from experimental treatments offered in cancer clinical trials, your health insurance status and where you live matters, according to results of two new research studies to be presented at the 2019 ASCO Quality Care Symposium, held September 6 and 7 in San Diego.

5 Sep 2019

Large-scale study maps the genetic underpinnings of early TB progression

While the vast majority of the 1.8 billion people infected with the TB bacterium never experience active disease, an estimated 5 to 15 percent do develop full-blown infections--roughly half of them within 18 months of exposure.

4 Sep 2019

Study reveals insights into new populations of immune cells in the lungs

Due to their function, the lungs are constantly exposed to various compounds carried in the air, sometimes harmful, sometimes harmless.

4 Sep 2019

$15 million grant funds new effort to develop universal vaccine for strep throat infections

CARB-X, an international non-profit partnership of private, academic and government institutions, has awarded SutroVax, Inc., a Northern California-based biopharmaceutical company, with an award of up to $15 million to develop a universal vaccine for Group A Streptococcus, the bacteria that causes pharyngitis or strep throat.

4 Sep 2019

Pneumonia uses hydrogen peroxide to weaken the immune system

Pneumonia is a lung infection, filling up the alveoli with pus and fluid. At present, it’s the leading cause of death among children. The lung infection accounts for 15 percent of all deaths in children below five years old, killing more than 800,000 children in 2017 alone.

3 Sep 2019

Simple test produces a color change in urine to signal tumor growth in mice

A simple and sensitive urine test developed by Imperial and MIT engineers has produced a color change in urine to signal growing tumors in mice.

3 Sep 2019

New discovery may help identify type 1 diabetes earlier than is currently possible

Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that typically emerges before the age of 20, wipes out the body's ability to produce insulin--a hormone that's essential to life. Diagnosis often comes after symptoms arise, at which point the disease has taken hold.

30 Aug 2019

Neurogenesis plays an underappreciated role in the progression of Alzheimer's

Much of the research on the underlying causes of Alzheimer's disease focuses on amyloid beta (Aß), a protein that accumulates in the brain as the disease progresses.

30 Aug 2019

Danish-American researchers find new way to treat chronic inflammation

Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University in Denmark in collaboration with researchers from Colorado in the United States have found a new way to treat the inflammation involved in chronic diseases such as psoriasis, asthma and HIV.

30 Aug 2019

The gift of longevity for a pancreatic cancer patient

While weeding in her north Seattle garden, Miggie Olsson discusses how she, as a patient, became a unicorn.

30 Aug 2019

Molecular mechanism by which human stomach pathogen is attracted to bleach revealed

Researchers at the University of Oregon have uncovered a molecular mechanism by which the human stomach pathogen Helicobacter pylori is attracted to bleach, also known as hypochlorous acid or HOCI.

30 Aug 2019

Immune System News and Research

Age affects efficacy of immunotherapy treatment for breast cancer, preclinical study reveals

Vaping-related respiratory illness characterized by lipid-laden macrophages in the lungs

Researchers find synergistic connection between two deadly blood-clotting diseases

Study: One-third of children admitted in ICUs for sepsis show PTSD symptoms

ERC Starting Grant to support research on how gut bacteria may affect blood pressure

Tiny fat bubbles hold key to rebooting the immune system and calming disease process

Vapor from e-cigarettes may impair the cells that line the lungs

Mesh electronics could make brain stimulation the new therapeutic norm

All sodas including diet increase risk of premature death

Cancer patients with low income and no insurance see fewer trial benefits

Large-scale study maps the genetic underpinnings of early TB progression

Study reveals insights into new populations of immune cells in the lungs

$15 million grant funds new effort to develop universal vaccine for strep throat infections

Pneumonia uses hydrogen peroxide to weaken the immune system

Simple test produces a color change in urine to signal tumor growth in mice

New discovery may help identify type 1 diabetes earlier than is currently possible

Neurogenesis plays an underappreciated role in the progression of Alzheimer's

Danish-American researchers find new way to treat chronic inflammation

The gift of longevity for a pancreatic cancer patient

Molecular mechanism by which human stomach pathogen is attracted to bleach revealed

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