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Mice study uncovers an unknown pathway for breast cancer recurrence

For many women who thought they had beaten breast cancer, the news that it has roared back years later comes as an especially cruel diagnosis with no clear answers for why or how it recurs.

25 Apr 2019

UT Southwestern researchers determine how circulating 'bad cholesterol' enters artery walls

UT Southwestern researchers have determined how circulating "bad cholesterol" enters artery walls to cause the plaque that narrows the blood vessels and leads to heart attacks and strokes.

25 Apr 2019

New chemical synthesis strategy leads to identification of novel, simpler derivatives

A new chemical synthesis strategy to harvest the rich information found in natural products -- organic compounds isolated from natural sources -- has led to the identification of novel, simpler derivatives with potential to selectively protect neurons, important for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease, or to prevent the immune system from rejecting organ transplants, according to a Baylor University-led study.

25 Apr 2019

Blocking BRAF ubiquitination may be an effective treatment approach in melanoma

The protein BRAF is a key player in the development of many different types of cancer, including melanoma.

24 Apr 2019

Researchers to develop prebiotics from non-edible forest and sea resources

With the help of forest residues such as sawdust, branches and tops and cellulose from sea squirts, researchers in Biochemical Process Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, want to make our stomach to feel better.

24 Apr 2019

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

Immune System News and Research

Mice study uncovers an unknown pathway for breast cancer recurrence

UT Southwestern researchers determine how circulating 'bad cholesterol' enters artery walls

New chemical synthesis strategy leads to identification of novel, simpler derivatives

Blocking BRAF ubiquitination may be an effective treatment approach in melanoma

Researchers to develop prebiotics from non-edible forest and sea resources

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

Understanding the DNA Damage Response in Innate Immunity eBook

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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