Immunology News and Research

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New research unveils role of ORMDL3 gene in asthma

New research from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine has uncovered the role gene ORMDL3 plays in the disease asthma. ORMDL3, a gene recently linked to asthma susceptibility, has now been linked to the body's ability to recruit inflammatory cells during an airway allergic reaction. Study findings appear today in the journal Nature Communications.

24 Sep 2013

Researchers find evidence of H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Boston University, in collaboration with the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), have found evidence of the H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy.

24 Sep 2013

Karo Bio, 4D Science Team Up On Treatments For Fibrotic Diseases

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23 Sep 2013

FDA approves STELARA (Ustekinumab) for treatment of active psoriatic arthritis

Janssen Biotech, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved STELARA® (ustekinumab) alone or in combination with methotrexate for the treatment of adult patients (18 years or older) with active psoriatic arthritis.

23 Sep 2013

UNC receives grants from FDA and NIH to establish Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received two separate grants from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health today as part of an on-going interagency partnership. UNC will house two of 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science, which are receiving a total of up to $53 million for tobacco-related research in fiscal year 2013.

21 Sep 2013

Specialty asthma care no benefit to adherence in underserved children

Results of a study of underserved children with asthma in the USA suggest that they may be losing out on the benefits of specialty care.

20 Sep 2013

Antibody that binds, neutralizes HIV likely also targets the body's own self proteins

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute discovered that an antibody that binds and neutralizes HIV likely also targets the body's own "self" proteins. This finding could complicate the development of HIV vaccines designed to elicit this protective antibody, called 4E10, and others like it, as doing so might be dangerous or inefficient.

20 Sep 2013

Researchers discover new mechanism involving p53 to fight against aggressive cancers

Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new mechanism involving p53, the famous tumour suppressor, to fight against aggressive cancers.

20 Sep 2013

UdeM's IRIC and Bristol-Myers Squibb identify small molecule drug candidate against novel target

Universit- de Montr-al and the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer - Commercialization of Research today announced that researchers from UdeM's Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company have jointly identified a small molecule drug candidate against a novel target.

20 Sep 2013

Second edition of Antibodies: An essential resource for molecular biology, immunology, and cell culture lab

The now classic lab manual Antibodies, by Harlow and Lane, has been revised, extended, and updated by Edward Greenfield of the Dana-Farber Cancer Center, with contributions from other leaders in the field.

19 Sep 2013

New gonorrhea treatment eliminates gonococcal infection from female mice

A new gonorrhea treatment, based on an anti-cancer therapy developed by a Buffalo startup company, has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection from female mice and prevented reinfection, according to research published today by University at Buffalo scientists in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

19 Sep 2013

Johns Hopkins establishes center to study ELSI of applying genomics to infectious disease treatment

The National Human Genome Research Institute has selected the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics to establish a "Center of Excellence" to study the ethical, legal and social implications of genomic research.

19 Sep 2013

Gout: An Interview with Dr. Lawrence Edwards, Chairman and CEO of GUAES

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis that affects adults. It's a disease caused by the presence of uric acid crystals in and around the joints. It's a disease that's becoming more and more common. It probably has doubled in its prevalence worldwide over the past twenty to thirty years.

18 Sep 2013

Tips for reducing allergens in yards

Prepping your yard this fall can give you a head start on spring landscaping, but it can also mean suffering from seasonal allergies seasonal allergies. Ragweed pollen and lingering mold can create double the symptoms for some allergy sufferers.

18 Sep 2013

FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy designation to Boehringer Ingelheim's volasertib

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to volasertib, an investigational inhibitor of polo-like kinase, being evaluated for the treatment of patients aged 65 or older with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia, ineligible for intensive remission induction therapy.

17 Sep 2013

Researchers discover how Yersinia immobilizes immune system to spread within organs

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts have identified how one type of bacteria, Yersinia, immobilizes the immune system in order to grow in the organs of mice. To do so, the researchers extended the use of a technique and suggest that it could be used to study other bacteria that use the same or similar means of infection.

17 Sep 2013

Immunology News and Research

Latest Immunology News and Research

New research unveils role of ORMDL3 gene in asthma

Researchers find evidence of H1N1 influenza vaccine's safety during pregnancy

Karo Bio, 4D Science Team Up On Treatments For Fibrotic Diseases

FDA approves STELARA (Ustekinumab) for treatment of active psoriatic arthritis

UNC receives grants from FDA and NIH to establish Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science

Specialty asthma care no benefit to adherence in underserved children

Antibody that binds, neutralizes HIV likely also targets the body's own self proteins

Researchers discover new mechanism involving p53 to fight against aggressive cancers

UdeM's IRIC and Bristol-Myers Squibb identify small molecule drug candidate against novel target

Second edition of Antibodies: An essential resource for molecular biology, immunology, and cell culture lab

New gonorrhea treatment eliminates gonococcal infection from female mice

Johns Hopkins establishes center to study ELSI of applying genomics to infectious disease treatment

Gout: An Interview with Dr. Lawrence Edwards, Chairman and CEO of GUAES

Tips for reducing allergens in yards

FDA grants Breakthrough Therapy designation to Boehringer Ingelheim's volasertib

Researchers discover how Yersinia immobilizes immune system to spread within organs

Understanding essential role of gut microbes in immune system

Neostem Licenses UCSF Patents Covering Methods For "Tregs"

Researchers develop new ways of preventing septic shock

Helper T cells important for AIDS vaccine development

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