News tagged with immunological proteins
Process important to brain development studied in detail
Knowledge about the development of the nervous system is of the greatest importance for us to understand the function of the brain and brain disorders. Researchers at Uppsala University have examined the key step when genes ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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New clues discovered regarding how immune cells operate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified control mechanisms that allow certain white blood cells, which have a vital role in fighting viral infections and dealing with organ transplants, to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Elusive protein may lead the fight against inflammatory disease
A husband and wife research team from Melbourne, Australia, have identified a protein that may be a key therapy for many inflammatory diseases, including those affecting premature babies.
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Oct 20, 2010 |
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Researchers identify protein that fights West Nile virus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale and McGill University scientists have identified a protein that is critical in fighting mosquito-borne West Nile Virus in mice. This finding could have therapeutic implications for controlling the potentially ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Cow's milk does a baby good
Many doctors suggest that whole cow's milk be avoided in the early months of an infant's feeding. Lactation specialists go even further, counseling "mother's milk only" until baby starts eating solid food. But new research ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Researchers identify factors behind blood-making stem cells
A team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the University of Montreal have made significant progress in the understanding of blood-producing (hematopoietic) stem cells.
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Jul 06, 2010 |
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Discovery of key regulatory factor may offer new treatment target for allergic diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that causes inflammation in asthma and other allergic diseases, a discovery that could lead to new targets to control such ...
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May 04, 2010 |
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Secrets of immunologic memory
Investigators at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have discovered a new way the cell surface protein, CD44, helps specific T helper (Th1) cells develop immunologic memory. Linda Bradley, Ph.D., ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Gene blamed for immunological disorders shown to protect against breast cancer development
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) are voicing alarm that drugs to treat a wide variety of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases now in human clinical trials may errantly spur development of breast ...
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Promising antimicrobial attacks virus, stimulates immune system
A promising antimicrobial agent already known to kill bacteria can also kill viruses and stimulate the innate immune system, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. In a paper appearing online June 4 in the Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Procedure improves health of cancer patients
A novel hemodialysis procedure helps restore kidney function and increases lifespan in patients with multiple myeloma, according to a study appearing in the April 2009 issue of the Clinical Journal of the Am ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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A natural approach for HIV vaccine
(PhysOrg.com) -- For 25 years, researchers have tried and failed to develop an HIV vaccine, primarily by focusing on a small number of engineered "super antibodies" to fend off the virus before it takes hold. So far, these ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 15, 2009 |
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Protein helps immune cells to divide and conquer
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key protein that is required for immune cells called B lymphocytes to divide and replicate themselves. The rapid generation of large ...
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Mar 08, 2009 |
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Novel method of immunization that completely eliminates malaria parasites
Singapore scientists report that they have discovered a novel method of immunization that completely eliminates the malaria parasites in both stages of the parasite's development.
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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