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Study: Maternal diet could have impact on food allergy in later life of children

About 20 million Europeans are subject to food allergies. Now scientists are looking at these allergies in new ways. It involves the food industry in its work and pays special attention to the link between early diets and allergy in later life. Clare Mills, professor of allergy in the university's Institute of Inflammation and Repair, at the University of Manchester, UK, is the coordinator of iFAAM.

21 Apr 2014

Study suggests that improving newborns' bacterial environment could fend off infections

Mothers give a newborn baby a gift of germs-germs that help to kick-start the infant's immune system. But antibiotics, used to fend off infection, may paradoxically interrupt a newborn's own immune responses, leaving already-vulnerable premature babies more susceptible to dangerous pathogens.

21 Apr 2014

Northwestern Medicine study provides new insights on tissue scarring in scleroderma

A discovery by Northwestern Medicine scientists could lead to potential new treatments for breaking the cycle of tissue scarring in people with scleroderma.

21 Apr 2014

U.Va. researchers named recipients of 2013 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards

University of Virginia neurologist Dr. Erin Pennock Foff, biologist Sarah Kucenas and biomedical engineer Shayn Peirce-Cotter have been named recipients of 2013 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards to benefit children of the United States. Each scientist will receive $100,000 in direct annual research support from The Hartwell Foundation for three years.

19 Apr 2014

Scientists uncover new way immune system may fight cancers and viral infections

Scientists have uncovered a new way the immune system may fight cancers and viral infections. The finding could aid efforts to use immune cells to treat illness.

18 Apr 2014

Engineering cell-based, biological devices may selectively kill cancer cells without disrupting healthy cells

A Northwestern University synthetic biology team has created a new technology for modifying human cells to create programmable therapeutics that could travel the body and selectively target cancer and other sites of disease.

18 Apr 2014

Men with chronic inflammation in non-cancerous prostate tissue may have nearly twice risk of prostate cancer

Men who show signs of chronic inflammation in non-cancerous prostate tissue may have nearly twice the risk of actually having prostate cancer than those with no inflammation, according to results of a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

18 Apr 2014

New research may help scientists develop treatments or vaccines for Dengue fever

Two recent papers by a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher and colleagues may help scientists develop treatments or vaccines for Dengue fever, West Nile virus, Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and other disease-causing flaviviruses.

18 Apr 2014

New insight provides potential to improve treatment for sepsis

In a review published in the April issue of Immunity, Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, says it's time to take a fresh look at the medical community's approach to treating sepsis, which kills millions worldwide every year, including more than 200,000 Americans.

18 Apr 2014

Researchers identify novel vancomycin-resistant MRSA superbug in Brazil

An international research team led by Cesar A. Arias, M.D., Ph.D., at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has identified a new superbug that caused a bloodstream infection in a Brazilian patient. The report appeared in the April 17 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

17 Apr 2014

SWHR co-sponsors National Institutes of Health Forum on microbiome and autoimmunity

The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR®), the leading voice on the study of the biological differences between women and men, is co-sponsoring the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Forum on the Microbiome and Autoimmunity on Thursday, April 24, at the NIH in Bethesda, Md.

17 Apr 2014

Researchers uncover mechanism that may help explain severe forms of schistosomiasis

Researchers at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts and Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) have uncovered a mechanism that may help explain the severe forms of schistosomiasis, or snail fever, which is caused by schistosome worms and is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in the world. The study in mice, published online in The Journal of Immunology, may also offer targets for intervention and amelioration of the disease.

17 Apr 2014

Scientists discover protein structure that helps common fungal pathogen to infect humans

A team that includes scientists from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Johns Hopkins University and St. Mary's University reported the structure of a protein that helps a common fungus to infect the body.

17 Apr 2014

Researchers develop class of drugs to lessen impact of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's

A class of drugs developed to treat immune-related conditions and cancer - including one currently in clinical trials for glioblastoma and other tumors - eliminates neural inflammation associated with dementia-linked diseases and brain injuries, according to UC Irvine researchers.

17 Apr 2014

Study: HIV-positive women respond well to vaccine against human papillomavirus

HIV-positive women respond well to a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), even when their immune system is struggling, according to newly published results of an international clinical trial.

17 Apr 2014

Freiburg researchers discover molecule that smuggles toxins from intestinal pathogens into human cells

Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Aktories and Dr. Panagiotis Papatheodorou from the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University of Freiburg have discovered the receptor responsible for smuggling the toxin of the bacterium Clostridium perfringens into the cell.

17 Apr 2014

Iconic Therapeutics completes $20 million Series B-1 equity financing

Iconic Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics for serious eye disorders, announced today that it has successfully completed a $20 million Series B-1 equity financing from new investors MPM Capital, Lundbeckfond Ventures, and H.I.G. BioVentures.

16 Apr 2014

Understanding GPCRs and controlling inflammation: an interview with Dr. Richard Proia, NIDDK, NIH

GPCRs are one of the largest families of cellular signalling proteins consisting of more than a thousand different types. They reside on the surface membranes of cells where they are poised to recognize molecules in the exterior environment and then transmit this information through the membrane allowing cells to respond accordingly.

16 Apr 2014

Study: Bacterium that causes whooping cough changes in Australia

The bacterium that causes whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis, has changed in Australia - most likely in response to the vaccine used to prevent the disease - with a possible reduced effectiveness of the vaccine as a result, a new study shows.

16 Apr 2014

Dental researchers find new way to study how mouth's natural defenses ward off infection, inflammation

Case Western Reserve University dental researchers have found a less invasive way to extract single rare immune cells from the mouth to study how the mouth's natural defenses ward off infection and inflammation.

16 Apr 2014

Immune System News and Research

Study: Maternal diet could have impact on food allergy in later life of children

Study suggests that improving newborns' bacterial environment could fend off infections

Northwestern Medicine study provides new insights on tissue scarring in scleroderma

U.Va. researchers named recipients of 2013 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards

Scientists uncover new way immune system may fight cancers and viral infections

Engineering cell-based, biological devices may selectively kill cancer cells without disrupting healthy cells

Men with chronic inflammation in non-cancerous prostate tissue may have nearly twice risk of prostate cancer

New research may help scientists develop treatments or vaccines for Dengue fever

New insight provides potential to improve treatment for sepsis

Researchers identify novel vancomycin-resistant MRSA superbug in Brazil

SWHR co-sponsors National Institutes of Health Forum on microbiome and autoimmunity

Researchers uncover mechanism that may help explain severe forms of schistosomiasis

Scientists discover protein structure that helps common fungal pathogen to infect humans

Researchers develop class of drugs to lessen impact of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's

Study: HIV-positive women respond well to vaccine against human papillomavirus

Freiburg researchers discover molecule that smuggles toxins from intestinal pathogens into human cells

Iconic Therapeutics completes $20 million Series B-1 equity financing

Understanding GPCRs and controlling inflammation: an interview with Dr. Richard Proia, NIDDK, NIH

Study: Bacterium that causes whooping cough changes in Australia

Dental researchers find new way to study how mouth's natural defenses ward off infection, inflammation

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