News tagged with innate immune
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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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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Natural born killers -- how the body's frontline immune cells decide which cells to destroy
(PhysOrg.com) -- The mechanism used by 'Natural Killer' immune cells in the human body to distinguish between diseased cells, which they are meant to destroy, and normal cells, which they are meant to leave ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 28, 2009 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Autoinflammatory disease model reveals role for innate, not adaptive, immunity
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mouse model for auto-inflammatory diseases, disorders that involve the over-activation of the body's innate, primitive immune ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 04, 2009 |
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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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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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New method to stimulate immune system may be effective at reducing amyloid burden in Alzheimer's
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a novel way to stimulate the innate immune system of mice with Alzheimer's disease (AD) - leading to reduced amyloid deposits and the prevention of Alzheimer's disease ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2009 |
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