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Study shows how elderberry fruit can help fight against influenza

Folk medicines and herbal products have been used for millennia to combat a whole range of ailments, at times to the chagrin of modern scientists who have struggled to explain their medicinal benefits.

23 Apr 2019

UVA researchers shed light on why C. difficile infections are so dangerous

A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria – and possibly others like it – cause severe disease.

23 Apr 2019

Study provides new insights into regulatory T cells' role in protecting against autoimmune disease

An international study led from Karolinska Institutet provides new insights into the regulatory T cells' role in protecting against autoimmune disease.

23 Apr 2019

UAB receives $17 million grant to explore immune cells in inaccessible tissues of the human body

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers will receive $17.8 million in federal funding to attack a key "knowledge gap" in human immunology -- how the B cells and antibody-secreting cells that reside in tissues and organs differ from those found in blood.

23 Apr 2019

Microglia play vital role in regulating neuroinflammation, research shows

A research team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear has shown that microglia, the primary immune cells of the central nervous system--including the retina of the eye--serve as "gatekeepers," or biosensors and facilitators, of neuroinflammation in a preclinical model of autoimmune uveitis.

23 Apr 2019

Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Many individuals forced to fight an exceptionally aggressive form of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia (AML) don't survive more than five years.

22 Apr 2019

Study provides new insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can affect cognition

Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier resulting in problems with learning and memory, scientists report.

22 Apr 2019

Researchers discover why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

It's one of the great mysteries of medicine, and one that affects the lives of millions of people: Why do women's immune systems gang up on them far more than men's do, causing nine times more women to develop autoimmune diseases such as lupus?

22 Apr 2019

Research sheds light on how hepatitis B virus establishes chronic infection

New research sheds light on how a hepatitis B viral protein stimulates the expansion of immune cells that impair antiviral responses, according to a study published April 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Haitao Guo of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Bin Wang and Jiming Zhang of Fudan University, and colleagues.

19 Apr 2019

Scientists get closer to injecting artificial lymph nodes into people to fight disease

In a proof-of-principle study in mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report the creation of a specialized gel that acts like a lymph node to successfully activate and multiply cancer-fighting immune system T-cells.

19 Apr 2019

Scientists identify rare, paradoxical response to antiretroviral therapy

Antiretroviral therapy is usually very effective at suppressing HIV in the body, allowing a person's immune system to recover by preventing the virus from destroying CD4+ T cells.

19 Apr 2019

Novel system enables researchers to study bacteria within mini-tissues in a dish

Engineering bacteria to intelligently sense and respond to disease states, from infections to cancer, has become a promising focus of synthetic biology.

19 Apr 2019

Researchers identify key clues to brain and pancreas development

Researchers have discovered a key clue into the development of the pancreas and brain by studying rare patients born without a pancreas.

19 Apr 2019

New insights into how vitamin D affects immune system

Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

19 Apr 2019

Immune responses that prevent fungal infections may eliminate Trichinella spiralis

Scientists from Lancaster University in the UK have discovered that immune responses originally found to prevent fungal infections are also important in eliminating Trichinella spiralis, a round worm and the causative agent of Trichinosis.

18 Apr 2019

Breakthrough antibody treatment suppresses HIV without antivirals

A new research paper describes how an antibody that prevents HIV binding to human immune cells was shown to be able to suppress levels of HIV for up to four months.

18 Apr 2019

New gene therapy cures babies with fatal 'Bubble Boy' disease

A new gene therapy created by US researchers appears to have cured eight infant boys born with a rare genetic disorder referred to as “Bubble Boy” disease.

18 Apr 2019

Study identifies how enterococci bacteria cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections

A new study led by a research team from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School describes how bacteria adapted to the modern hospital environment and repeatedly cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections.

17 Apr 2019

Research sheds light on how leukemia cells become resistant to drugs

Three children Alejandro Gutierrez, MD, treated for leukemia during his fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital still haunt him more than a decade later.

17 Apr 2019

Three studies show how tumors hijack the immune system to develop radiotherapy resistance

More than a decade ago, radiation oncologists noticed a nifty phenomenon: Sometimes radiation used locally against a tumor could excite the immune system to attack cancer systemically throughout the body.

17 Apr 2019

Immune System News and Research

Study shows how elderberry fruit can help fight against influenza

UVA researchers shed light on why C. difficile infections are so dangerous

Study provides new insights into regulatory T cells' role in protecting against autoimmune disease

UAB receives $17 million grant to explore immune cells in inaccessible tissues of the human body

Microglia play vital role in regulating neuroinflammation, research shows

Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Study provides new insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can affect cognition

Researchers discover why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

Research sheds light on how hepatitis B virus establishes chronic infection

Scientists get closer to injecting artificial lymph nodes into people to fight disease

Scientists identify rare, paradoxical response to antiretroviral therapy

Novel system enables researchers to study bacteria within mini-tissues in a dish

Researchers identify key clues to brain and pancreas development

New insights into how vitamin D affects immune system

Immune responses that prevent fungal infections may eliminate Trichinella spiralis

Breakthrough antibody treatment suppresses HIV without antivirals

New gene therapy cures babies with fatal 'Bubble Boy' disease

Study identifies how enterococci bacteria cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections

Research sheds light on how leukemia cells become resistant to drugs

Three studies show how tumors hijack the immune system to develop radiotherapy resistance

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