Whooping cough vaccine antigen disappearing from bacteria in US
Vaccines for whooping cough contain three to five protective antigens, the presence of which are critical to the vaccine's effectiveness. But one of the antigens, pertactin, which had been present in...
View ArticleWhat can a graphene sandwich reveal about proteins?
Scientists at The University of Manchester and the SuperSTEM facility, which is located at STFC's Daresbury Laboratory and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), have...
View ArticleResearchers evaluating immunotherapy approaches for treating metastatic...
Researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Center for Immunotherapy are enrolling patients in three different clinical trials of novel immunotherapy approaches for treating genitourinary...
View ArticleNovel Agent Set for Unique Clinical Test in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
A drug now used to treat a type of lymphoma has shown surprising benefit in preclinical studies of inflammatory breast cancer, according to a researcher at Thomas Jefferson University's Kimmel Cancer...
View ArticleEffectiveness of influenza vaccines may be significantly improved by brief...
Pretreating the site of intradermal vaccination - vaccine delivered into the skin rather than to muscles beneath the skin - with a particular wavelength of laser light may substantially improve vaccine...
View ArticleScientists shed new light on the fight against cancer - They have discovered...
The Leuven-based VIB researchers have revealed a mechanism that explains why the anti-tumor activity of specific immune cells called macrophages is suppressed during tumor growth. They have also...
View ArticleNew findings reveal protein structure in rubella virus
Researchers have determined the structure of the rubella virus capsid protein, which is central to the virus's ability to assemble into an infectious particle and to infect humans.Although a successful...
View ArticleThe immune system of the gastrointestinal tract
Lymphotoxin is a cytokine, or intercellular messenger, and plays an important role in the immunological balance of the gastrointestinal tract. It regulates the immune system of the digestive tract,...
View ArticleA concussion can lead to depression years later
A head injury can lead immune-system brain cells to go on "high alert" and overreact to later immune challenges by becoming excessively inflammatory - a condition linked with depressive complications,...
View ArticleRecycled plastic turned into 'nanofibers' to attack fungal infection
Scientists say they have made a "nanomedicine breakthrough" by creating "antifungal nanofibers" from recycled plastic materials that are able to target and attack specific fungal infections. This is...
View ArticleHDL finding may lead to molecular approach for treating inflammation
High-density lipoprotein (HDL), known colloquially as "good cholesterol", protects against dangerous deposits in the arteries. An important function of HDL is its anti-inflammatory properties. More...
View ArticleFinding may lead to new prevention and treatment methods for prostate cancer
Doctors at the North Shore-LIJ Health System have discovered that increased inflammation in the prostate may predict reduced risk for prostate cancer. The findings are published online in...
View ArticlePenn study results for first 59 leukemia patients who received cell therapy
Three and a half years after beginning a clinical trial which demonstrated the first successful and sustained use of genetically engineered T cells to fight leukemia, a research team from the Perelman...
View ArticleLink revealed between immunity and cells' starvation response
One of the most effective vaccines in history has been the yellow fever vaccine, which was developed in the 1930s and has been administered to more than 500 million people.Scientists at Emory Vaccine...
View Article5 Recent GI-Driven Center Openings & Plans
Here are five gastroenterology-driven facilities that have recently opened. Integrated Medical Professionals has opened Advanced Colon & Rectal Surgery Centers of New York in Melville. More...
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