News tagged with immune defense
Related topics: immune response , immune system
Heavy metals boost immunity
A new natural defense mechanism against infections has been evidenced by an international team led by researchers from CNRS, Inserm, the Institut Pasteur and the Universite Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III. ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Protein may boost body's defence system against infections and cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- To boost our immune system, health experts remind us to get a good night's sleep, drink plenty of fluids and eat a well-balanced diet. Researchers at McMaster University have added a new finding to the list ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Why is breast milk best? It's all in the genes
Is breast milk so different from infant formula? The ability to track which genes are operating in an infant's intestine has allowed University of Illinois scientists to compare the early development of breast-fed and formula-fed ...
May 12, 2010 |
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Rejuvenating the old immune system
By comparing the immune responses of both, young and old mice, to bacterial infection they found that the number of macrophages, one of the major cell populations involved in the elimination of infecting bacteria, decreases ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Friendly gut bacteria lend a hand to fight infection, study suggests
Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that bacteria present in the human gut help initiate the body's defense mechanisms against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite responsible for to ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Study reveals how plants and bacteria 'talk' to thwart disease
When it comes to plants' innate immunity, like many of the dances of life, it takes two to tango. A receptor molecule in the plant pairs up with a specific molecule on the invading bacteria and, presto, the immune system ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Entirely new drug for Alzheimer’s now being tested on patients
An entirely new type of pharmaceutical substance for Alzheimer’s disease developed by Uppsala scientists is now starting to be clinically tested in the US. It attacks the early stage of the protein filaments that cause the ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 24, 2010 |
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New information on the waste-disposal units of living cells
Important new information on one of the most critical protein machines in living cells has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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MSU professor studies links between gastric bypass, immune system
While the massive weight loss associated with gastric bypass surgery is beneficial, some patients may face malnutrition, poor wound healing and infection as their immune systems adjust to the extreme decrease ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 30, 2009 |
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defense molecules in mouth found to inhibit infections from HIV
A professor from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine has discovered defense molecules found in the mouth inhibit infections from HIV.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 29, 2009 |
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