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Some breast cancers can prevent their own spread

Scientists have discovered a mechanism by which people with advanced breast cancer do not experience metastasis and live normal lives.

27 Aug 2018

Oxygen therapy does not prevent development of heart failure in patients with heart attack

Oxygen therapy does not prevent the development of heart failure. Neither does it reduce the long-term risk of dying for patients with suspected heart attack.

27 Aug 2018

INRS professors develop innovative strategy to identify leishmanicidal molecules

Leishmania is a microorganism that enters the human body via a sandfly bite. Instead of fleeing the white blood cells deployed by the immune system to destroy it, the parasite allows itself to be swallowed up.

24 Aug 2018

MSU researchers move one step closer to solving arthritic disease in teenagers

A new Michigan State University study has found that a malfunctioning gene associated with a common arthritic disease that often starts in teenagers is now directly linked to the loss of vital immune cells that may prevent it.

24 Aug 2018

New treatment destroys part of tumor and attacks persistent surviving cancer cells

Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology have taken important steps forward in the development of a cancer-targeting immunotherapy.

24 Aug 2018

Immune system prioritizes fighting lung infection rather than wound healing

The innate immune response to lung infection takes priority at the expense of wound healing, according to a study published August 23 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by a team of researcher at Brown University led by Amanda Jamieson.

24 Aug 2018

Study provides new insights into how the human immune system protects against Ebola infections

Two types of human antibodies that target different parts of the Ebola virus synergize their antiviral effects by inhibiting different steps of infection, according to a study published August 23 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Philipp Ilinykh and colleagues from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Vanderbilt University, and Ragon Institute.

24 Aug 2018

Drug used to treat amoebic dysentery may block journey of rabies virus in nerves

To successfully infect its host, the rabies virus must move from the nerve ending to the nerve cell body where it can replicate.

24 Aug 2018

Researchers work to create humanized mouse model to test immunotherapies

If a new anti-cancer drug shows promise in a Petri dish, often the next step is to test the drug's effect in mice. This system tends to work well with drugs that directly target cancer, but breaks down with immunotherapies.

24 Aug 2018

Natural enzyme found in the human lungs can biodegrade graphene

Graphene Flagship partners discovered that a natural human enzyme can biodegrade graphene. These findings could have great implications in the development of graphene-based biomedical devices.

23 Aug 2018

Medical or surgical treatment for severe heartburn prevents esophageal cancer

Medical or surgical treatment of severe heartburn prevents cancer of the esophagus, a study from Karolinska Institutet with almost one million Nordic patients reveals. The results will be published in the scientific journal JAMA Oncology.

23 Aug 2018

Scientists identify novel biomarkers that indicate risk of polyneuropathy

Polyneuropathy is one of the most common complications in people with diabetes. However, it can also occur with certain risk factors or diseases before the onset of diabetes.

23 Aug 2018

Neonatal immune system starts to change dramatically in response to bacteria, viruses

As soon as a baby is born, its immune system starts to change dramatically in response to the bacteria, viruses and so forth in its new environment, a phenomenon that is common to all babies, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden write in a paper published in Cell.

23 Aug 2018

Scientists demonstrate rapid immune system development in newborn babies

Using new analytical techniques, researchers have shown for the first time the dramatic development of the human immune system after birth.

23 Aug 2018

Bluebird bio collaborates with Gritstone Oncology to develop novel cancer cell therapies

Bluebird bio, Inc. and Gritstone Oncology, Inc. today announced a collaboration to research, develop and commercialize products for the treatment of cancer using cell therapy.

23 Aug 2018

Location of proteins on bacterial surface can impact pathogenicity of pneumococcal strains

Successful pathogenic strains of pneumococci have two proteins that, owing to their location on the surface of the bacteria, enhance their survival and ability to cause disease, a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Nature Communications, reports.

23 Aug 2018

Immune System News and Research

Some breast cancers can prevent their own spread

Oxygen therapy does not prevent development of heart failure in patients with heart attack

INRS professors develop innovative strategy to identify leishmanicidal molecules

MSU researchers move one step closer to solving arthritic disease in teenagers

New treatment destroys part of tumor and attacks persistent surviving cancer cells

Immune system prioritizes fighting lung infection rather than wound healing

Study provides new insights into how the human immune system protects against Ebola infections

Drug used to treat amoebic dysentery may block journey of rabies virus in nerves

Researchers work to create humanized mouse model to test immunotherapies

Natural enzyme found in the human lungs can biodegrade graphene

Medical or surgical treatment for severe heartburn prevents esophageal cancer

Scientists identify novel biomarkers that indicate risk of polyneuropathy

Neonatal immune system starts to change dramatically in response to bacteria, viruses

Scientists demonstrate rapid immune system development in newborn babies

Bluebird bio collaborates with Gritstone Oncology to develop novel cancer cell therapies

Location of proteins on bacterial surface can impact pathogenicity of pneumococcal strains

Immunotherapy combination shrinks melanoma that has spread to the brain

Scientists gain new insight into the immune system and infections

New 'micro-organ' within the immune system identified

Depression in mothers may affect stress and physical well-being of children

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