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Discovery could help develop new treatments for blood diseases

Researchers in Melbourne, Australia, have found that even our immune system is subject to performance enhancement, with our bodies giving immune cells the boost they need to ensure the best team is selected to fight infections.

24 Sep 2013

Alefacept drug shows encouraging results in phase 2 trial for type 1 diabetes

A drug formerly used to treat the skin disorder psoriasis has shown encouraging results in a phase 2 trial to assess its effectiveness in treating type 1 diabetes, according to new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

24 Sep 2013

Researchers develop first imaging tool to examine myelin damage in MS

Researchers have made an exciting breakthrough - developing a first-of-its-kind imaging tool to examine myelin damage in multiple sclerosis (MS). An extremely difficult disease to diagnose, the tool will help physicians diagnose patients earlier, monitor the disease's progression, and evaluate therapy efficacy.

24 Sep 2013

FDA approves STELARA (Ustekinumab) for treatment of active psoriatic arthritis

Janssen Biotech, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved STELARA® (ustekinumab) alone or in combination with methotrexate for the treatment of adult patients (18 years or older) with active psoriatic arthritis.

23 Sep 2013

Scientists one step closer to developing universal flu vaccine

Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after using the 2009 pandemic as a natural experiment to study why some people seem to resist severe illness.

23 Sep 2013

Researchers report encouraging results from T1DAL study on type 1 diabetes

Encouraging results from the T1DAL study (Targeting effector memory T cells with alefacept in new onset type 1 diabetes), led by Mark R. Rigby MD, PhD from Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis and sponsored by the Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) with additional support from JDRF, are published today in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

23 Sep 2013

Boys’ chronic aggressive behavior may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy, early childhood

Chronic aggressive behaviour exhibited by some boys from disadvantaged families may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy and early childhood.

23 Sep 2013

UNC receives grants from FDA and NIH to establish Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received two separate grants from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health today as part of an on-going interagency partnership. UNC will house two of 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science, which are receiving a total of up to $53 million for tobacco-related research in fiscal year 2013.

21 Sep 2013

Research on synapse stabilization aids understanding of autism, schizophrenia, intellectual disability

When we're born, our brains aren't very organized. Every brain cell talks to lots of other nearby cells, sending and receiving signals across connections called synapses.

21 Sep 2013

Antibody that binds, neutralizes HIV likely also targets the body's own self proteins

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute discovered that an antibody that binds and neutralizes HIV likely also targets the body's own "self" proteins. This finding could complicate the development of HIV vaccines designed to elicit this protective antibody, called 4E10, and others like it, as doing so might be dangerous or inefficient.

20 Sep 2013

Scientists aim at protecting adults from virulent strain of avian influenza virus

Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development are part of nationwide vaccine research aimed at protecting adults from a new and virulent strain of avian (bird) influenza (flu) virus.

20 Sep 2013

Researchers discover new mechanism involving p53 to fight against aggressive cancers

Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new mechanism involving p53, the famous tumour suppressor, to fight against aggressive cancers.

20 Sep 2013

Human breast tumors transplant could be valuable tools in search for better treatments

Breast cancer that spreads to other organs is extremely difficult to treat. Doctors can buy patients time, but a cure remains elusive. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that human breast tumors transplanted into mice are excellent models of metastatic cancer and could be valuable tools in the search for better treatments.

20 Sep 2013

Drexel University researchers create molecule that can cause AIDS virus to destroy itself

Pinning down an effective way to combat the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus, the viral precursor to AIDS, has long been challenge task for scientists and physicians, because the virus is an elusive one that mutates frequently and, as a result, quickly becomes immune to medication.

20 Sep 2013

Researchers highlight important role played by immune cells in risk of developing breast cancer

University of Adelaide researchers have made a major discovery that highlights the important role played by immune cells in the risk of developing breast cancer.

20 Sep 2013

Study explains indirect burden of malaria on childhood deaths

Recurrent episodes of malaria cause chronic inflammation in blood vessels that might predispose to future infections and may increase susceptibility to cardiovascular disease, a Wellcome Trust study in Malawian children finds.

20 Sep 2013

Scientists are preparing for possible pandemic spread of new bird flu strain

Scientists at Saint Louis University are preparing for the potential pandemic spread of a new bird flu strain that caused severe disease in China last spring, joining researchers from seven other Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test vaccines to protect against the illness in adults.

20 Sep 2013

Immune System News and Research

Discovery could help develop new treatments for blood diseases

Alefacept drug shows encouraging results in phase 2 trial for type 1 diabetes

Researchers develop first imaging tool to examine myelin damage in MS

FDA approves STELARA (Ustekinumab) for treatment of active psoriatic arthritis

Scientists one step closer to developing universal flu vaccine

Researchers report encouraging results from T1DAL study on type 1 diabetes

Boys’ chronic aggressive behavior may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy, early childhood

UNC receives grants from FDA and NIH to establish Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science

Research on synapse stabilization aids understanding of autism, schizophrenia, intellectual disability

Antibody that binds, neutralizes HIV likely also targets the body's own self proteins

Scientists aim at protecting adults from virulent strain of avian influenza virus

Researchers discover new mechanism involving p53 to fight against aggressive cancers

Human breast tumors transplant could be valuable tools in search for better treatments

Drexel University researchers create molecule that can cause AIDS virus to destroy itself

Researchers highlight important role played by immune cells in risk of developing breast cancer

Study explains indirect burden of malaria on childhood deaths

Scientists are preparing for possible pandemic spread of new bird flu strain

LCT successfully implants first patient with potential Parkinson's disease treatment

LUHS physician offers tips to help parents keep germs at bay

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