News tagged with interferon alpha

Novel method could improve the performance of proteins used therapeutically

Whitehead Institute scientists have created a method that site-specifically modifies proteins to exert control over their properties when administered therapeutically. The technique should be useful to increase potency, slow ...

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created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Interferon alpha can delay full onset of type I diabetes

A low dose of oral interferon alpha shows promise in preserving beta cell function for patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, according to researchers at The University of Texas Medical School ...

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immunologists identify biochemical signals that help immune cells remember how to fight infection

May 28, 2009 - Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how two biochemical signals play unique roles in promoting the development of a group of immune cells employed as tactical ...

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Alarming trend -- antiviral therapy to treat hepatitis C is declining in the US

Researchers from the University of Michigan determined that only 663,000 of the approximately 3.9 million Americans with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection received antiviral therapy between 2002 and 2007. Treatment rates ...

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0