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Nutritionist highlights importance of vitamin D for pregnant women and new mums

Every mother-to-be wants to ensure they do all they can to give their baby the best start in life. Growing a healthy baby starts with ensuring optimal nutrition whilst you’re pregnant.

From BetterYou Ltd 23 Oct 2017

New study explores how herpes simplex virus may change during familial transmission

A new study explores how herpes simplex virus might change when passed from one individual to another, information that may prove useful in future development of therapeutics and vaccines.

20 Oct 2017

Study provides deeper understanding on mechanisms of lipid-based autoimmune disease

Phospholipids - fat molecules that form the membranes found around cells - make up almost half of the dry weight of cells, but when it comes to autoimmune diseases, their role has largely been overlooked.

20 Oct 2017

Pharmacological stimulation of nicotinic receptor could be strategy to treat lung inflammation

It has been amply proven that smoking can cause serious diseases such as emphysema and cancer. A new study, however, shows that pharmacological stimulation of a specific type of nicotinic receptor in cells of the immune system could be a strategy to treat inflammatory lung disease.

20 Oct 2017

Dana-Farber, Brigham and Women's Cancer Center certified to offer new CAR T-cell therapy

Following a successful clinical trial involving Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for adult cancers was approved by the Food and Drug Administration today.

20 Oct 2017

Gene circuit can be used to switch on inside cancer cells and stimulate immune attack, study suggests

A new study, conducted by researchers at MIT, suggests that a recently developed synthetic gene circuit can stimulate the immune system to kill cancer cells when it identifies indications of the cancer. The gene circuit will only stimulate a therapeutic response when it identifies two particular cancer markers.

20 Oct 2017

New CAR-T cell therapy offers effective option for certain blood cancer patients

Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is one of the first centers nationwide to offer a new immunotherapy that targets certain blood cancers.

19 Oct 2017

Study finds mitochondrial DNA damage in Veterans with Gulf War illness

Researchers say they have found the "first direct biological evidence" of damage in veterans with Gulf War illness to DNA within cellular structures that produce energy in the body.

19 Oct 2017

Small RNA molecules trigger cancer cells to commit suicide

Small RNA molecules originally developed as a tool to study gene function trigger a mechanism hidden in every cell that forces the cell to commit suicide, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study, the first to identify molecules to trigger a fail-safe mechanism that may protect us from cancer.

19 Oct 2017

New RNA switch achieves gene activation thousands of times better than nature

If scientists could precisely regulate gene expression, they could turn off the genes responsible for illness and disease and turn on those that enhance health and the immune system.

19 Oct 2017

UCSD researchers discover how mutant gene amplifies inflammation to fuel cancer

A human gene called p53, which is commonly known as the "guardian of the genome," is widely known to combat the formation and progression of tumors. Yet, mutant forms of p53 have been linked to more cases of human cancer than any other gene.

19 Oct 2017

Scientists receive critical funding to study treatments for three deadly cancers

Immunotherapy for leukemia patients has been nothing short of a miracle. Now scientists hope to use that science and other forms of gene therapy to tackle three of the deadliest forms of cancer: glioblastoma (brain cancer), sarcoma (bone cancer) and ovarian cancer.

17 Oct 2017

Study could pave way for more effective cancer therapies

Many tumors possess mechanisms to avoid destruction by the immune system. For instance, they misuse the natural "brakes" in the immune defense mechanism, which normally prevent an excessive immune response. Researchers at the University of Bonn have now been able to take off one of these brakes.

17 Oct 2017

Study reveals link between cancer relapse and body’s immune system

Results from a new study conducted at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, suggests cancer cells that remain in the body after treatment, utilize the immune system of the body to wake themselves up and boost their growth.

17 Oct 2017

Timing is crucial for corticosteroids to aid healing of tendons

A corticosteroid can improve the healing of damaged tendons, but it must be given at the right time, according to a new study from Linköping University in Sweden. In rats, the tendon became twice as strong. The results are presented in the journal Scientific Reports.

17 Oct 2017

Study uses precision medicine approach to find effective treatments for rare cancers

For the first time, researchers have been able to identify effective treatments for patients with rare cancers by analyzing genes and proteins in their blood and tumors. In a study reported in The Oncologist, half the patients receiving these targeted treatments saw their rare cancers either stabilize, shrink or go into remission.

17 Oct 2017

Cascade of costs could push new gene therapy above $1 million per patient

Outrage over the high cost of cancer care has focused on skyrocketing drug prices, including the $475,000 price tag for the country's first gene therapy, Novartis' Kymriah, a leukemia treatment approved in August.

17 Oct 2017

Discovery may lead to new approach for treating MS

Around 2.5 million people are affected by the autoimmune disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the commonest central nervous system disease among young adults.

17 Oct 2017

Scientists develop revolutionary blood screening test to diagnose breast cancer

In a potential major breakthrough in breast cancer research, scientists at the Center for Translational Cancer Research at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute of Christiana Care Health System have developed a revolutionary new blood test to diagnose breast cancer.

16 Oct 2017

TGen awarded $2.5 million SU2C grant to test new method of treating pancreatic cancer

Stand Up To Cancer has awarded a $2.5 million SU2C CatalystR grant to the Translational Genomics Research Institute to investigate a revolutionary new method of treating pancreatic cancer, one of the most aggressive of all cancers.

13 Oct 2017

Immune System News and Research

Nutritionist highlights importance of vitamin D for pregnant women and new mums

New study explores how herpes simplex virus may change during familial transmission

Study provides deeper understanding on mechanisms of lipid-based autoimmune disease

Pharmacological stimulation of nicotinic receptor could be strategy to treat lung inflammation

Dana-Farber, Brigham and Women's Cancer Center certified to offer new CAR T-cell therapy

Gene circuit can be used to switch on inside cancer cells and stimulate immune attack, study suggests

New CAR-T cell therapy offers effective option for certain blood cancer patients

Study finds mitochondrial DNA damage in Veterans with Gulf War illness

Small RNA molecules trigger cancer cells to commit suicide

New RNA switch achieves gene activation thousands of times better than nature

UCSD researchers discover how mutant gene amplifies inflammation to fuel cancer

Scientists receive critical funding to study treatments for three deadly cancers

Study could pave way for more effective cancer therapies

Study reveals link between cancer relapse and body’s immune system

Timing is crucial for corticosteroids to aid healing of tendons

Study uses precision medicine approach to find effective treatments for rare cancers

Cascade of costs could push new gene therapy above $1 million per patient

Discovery may lead to new approach for treating MS

Scientists develop revolutionary blood screening test to diagnose breast cancer

TGen awarded $2.5 million SU2C grant to test new method of treating pancreatic cancer

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