News tagged with innate immune
What makes a worm say 'yuck'
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) say they have uncovered a way that animals detect pathogens in their bodies that allows their systems to respond before cellular damage ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Fused genes tackle deadly Pierce's disease in grapevines
A gene fusion research project led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist delivers a one-two punch to Pierce's disease, a deadly threat to California's world-renowned wine industry.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Researchers discover human immune system has emergency backup plan
New research by scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences reveals that the immune system has an effective backup plan to protect the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Immune responses to mitochondria help explain body's inflammatory response to injury
Inflammation is at the root of most serious complications occurring after both infection and injury. But while the molecular course of events that leads from microbial infections to the inflammatory condition called sepsis ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Alzheimer's-associated protein may be part of the innate immune system
the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients - may be part of the body's first-line system to defend against infection. In their report in the March 3 issue of the open-access ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2010 |
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How a molecular switch activates the anti-viral innate immune response
When a thief breaks into a bank vault, sensors are activated and the alarm is raised. Cells have their own early-warning system for intruders, and scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Cobblestones fool innate immunity
Coating the surface of an implant such as a new hip or pacemaker with nanosized metallic particles reduces the risk of rejection, and researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, can now explain why: they fool the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Clustering gene expression changes reveals pathways toward glaucoma prevention
Using a method that involved the clustering of samples that showed similarity in expression profiles, Jackson Laboratory researchers were able to identify molecular signatures of early events in glaucoma progression -- events ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Discovery may pave way for new approaches to prevent infections in the womb
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have established in mice the mechanism that detects and responds to the presence of bacteria in the womb - a discovery that opens up ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Gene change raises odds of mother-to-child HIV transmission
A correlation has been discovered between specific variants of the gene that codes for a key immune system protein, TLR9, and the risk of mother-to-child, or vertical, transmission of HIV. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 25, 2010 |
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New breakthrough in fight against lethal CCHF virus
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is a rare but serious human infection that causes internal bleeding, organ failure and ultimately death. Scientists writing in the Journal of General Virology have developed a new ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 17, 2010 |
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A single protein regulates 2 immune pathways
Unchecked, the natural or innate immune system can run out of control - like a stuck accelerator on a car. Eventually, it will kill the host it is supposed to protect.
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Scientists isolate portion of virus that causes pink eye
Viral keratoconjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is a common, uncomfortable and highly contagious condition. There is no known effective treatment for this adenovirus infection that can force some individuals into isolation ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Why humans are more sensitive to certain viruses: Primate immune system differences identified
The greater susceptibility of humans to certain infectious diseases when compared to other primates could be explained by species-specific changes in immune signaling pathways, a University of Chicago study finds. The first ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Vitamin D may exacerbate autoimmune disease
Deficiency in vitamin D has been widely regarded as contributing to autoimmune disease, but a review appearing in Autoimmunity Reviews explains that low levels of vitamin D in patients with autoimmune disease may be a resu ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 08, 2009 |
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