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Special blood test may predict relapse risk for breast cancer patients

A special blood test may one day predict if a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient will likely relapse years later, a City of Hope study suggests.

9 Jul 2019

Study shows potential culprit behind Lupus

A team of researchers at the Emory University School of Medicine show that patients with SLE or lupus, have abnormal activation of B cells, which is part of the body’s immune system

8 Jul 2019

Sports playbook can help generate more accurate prognoses for cancer patients

In this season of global soccer competitions and hotly contested political primaries, bookies and pundits are scouring every evolving scrap of information and sifting through mountains of data in an effort to predict the outcome of the next game or election.

4 Jul 2019

New research offers hints to origins of systemic lupus erythematosus

New research on the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus provides hints to the origins of the puzzling disorder. The results were published in Nature Immunology.

4 Jul 2019

Findings suggest new ways to help the immune system fight pancreatic cancer

Findings published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine suggest that a type of white blood cell called tumor associated macrophages that have been deceived by pancreatic cancer cells into not attacking them can be "re-programmed" by a specially designed molecule that activates a protein found on their surfaces.

4 Jul 2019

Non-pathogenic bacteria engineered as Trojan Horse to treat tumors from within

The emerging field of synthetic biology-designing new biological components and systems-is revolutionizing medicine.

4 Jul 2019

Immune-boosting compound could make pancreatic cancers susceptible to immunotherapy

Pancreatic cancer is especially challenging to treat – only eight percent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis.

4 Jul 2019

Salk study unravels how the brain encodes color and shape

There are hundreds of thousands of distinct colors and shapes that a person can distinguish visually, but how does the brain process all of this information? Scientists previously believed that the visual system initially encodes shape and color with different sets of neurons and then combines them much later.

28 Jun 2019

Scientists discover pathway that prevents buildup of Alzheimer's protein

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered a pathway that functions like a car wash to prevent the buildup of a toxic protein associated with Alzheimer's disease. The report appeared online today in the journal Cell.

28 Jun 2019

Researchers study link between childhood viral infections and cerebral autoimmune disease

Although the exact causes of multiple sclerosis still remain unknown, it is assumed that the disease is triggered by a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors.

26 Jun 2019

Higher levels of doublets in flow cytometry indicate tuberculosis or dengue fever

Sorting through individual immune cells is a handy way to see how the body responds to disease. For years, researchers around the world have used a technique called flow cytometry to separate different types of immune cells, such as T cells, B cells and monocytes.

26 Jun 2019

Scientists investigate genomic pillars behind transition from healthy hearts to heart failure

Scientists investigating heart failure have been limited to studying diseased heart tissue in the lab -- understandably, as people don't tend to pluck out a healthy heart for the sake of research.

25 Jun 2019

Researchers explore new immune checkpoint for head and neck cancer

A checkpoint may delay travelers but it can help give cancer free rein by suppressing the natural immune response that should destroy it, researchers say.

25 Jun 2019

Food allergy caused by absence of beneficial bacteria in the gut

A study by scientists at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, published today in Nature Medicine, makes a strong case that the national epidemic of food allergy is caused by the absence of certain beneficial bacteria in the human gut.

25 Jun 2019

Expedeon AG launches Lightning-Link Metal Labeling Kits to support single cell analysis

Expedeon AG announced today it has introduced Lightning-Link Metal Labeling Kits for use in multiple immunoassay-based applications to support single cell analysis.

24 Jun 2019

Non-classical monocytes directly involved in regulation of immune response

Non-classical monocytes were long thought to play a purely surveillance role in the immune system. With the aid of a novel marker, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich researchers have now shown that they are directly involved in the regulation of immune response

24 Jun 2019

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Latest Immunology News and Research

Special blood test may predict relapse risk for breast cancer patients

Study shows potential culprit behind Lupus

Sports playbook can help generate more accurate prognoses for cancer patients

New research offers hints to origins of systemic lupus erythematosus

Findings suggest new ways to help the immune system fight pancreatic cancer

Non-pathogenic bacteria engineered as Trojan Horse to treat tumors from within

Immune-boosting compound could make pancreatic cancers susceptible to immunotherapy

Salk study unravels how the brain encodes color and shape

Scientists discover pathway that prevents buildup of Alzheimer's protein

Researchers study link between childhood viral infections and cerebral autoimmune disease

Higher levels of doublets in flow cytometry indicate tuberculosis or dengue fever

Scientists investigate genomic pillars behind transition from healthy hearts to heart failure

Researchers explore new immune checkpoint for head and neck cancer

Food allergy caused by absence of beneficial bacteria in the gut

Expedeon AG launches Lightning-Link Metal Labeling Kits to support single cell analysis

Non-classical monocytes directly involved in regulation of immune response

New chemoimmunotherapy regimen for aggressive form of lymphoma gets FDA approval

Elite group of immune cells plays key role in fighting tumors

Molecular virologist receives nearly $2 million NIH grant renewal to study hepatitis E virus

UVA launches Fibrosis Initiative to fight the growing cause of death

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