News tagged with interferon production

A new mechanism regulates type I interferon production in white blood cells

A study from a team of researchers led by Dr. Andrew P. Makrigiannis, Director of the Molecular Immunology Research Unit at the IRCM, has identified a new mechanism regulating interferon production. This discovery, co-authored ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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New screening technique yields elusive compounds to block immune-regulating enzyme

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found the first chemical compounds that act to block an enzyme that has been linked to inflammatory conditions such as asthma and arthritis, as well as some ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method of bacterial cell engineering can produce better, cheaper drug therapies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Escherichia coli – a bacteria considered the food safety bane of restaurateurs, grocers and consumers – is a friend. Cornell University biomolecular engineers have learned to use ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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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) ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US approves second new hepatitis C drug

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Incivek to treat hepatitis C when taken along with the current two-drug regimen, marking the second such drug approval this month.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US regulators approve new hepatitis C drug

US regulators on Friday approved the first new treatment for hepatitis C in more than a decade, a Merck pharmaceutical known as Victrelis, to be taken with the current two-drug regimen.

Medicine & Health / Medications

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US panel gives nod to Merck hepatitis C drug

A US government advisory committee on Wednesday unanimously voted to urge the Food and Drug Administration to approve a new drug made by Merck to fight hepatitis C, a disease which attacks the liver.

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created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New antibody treatments help tackle tuberculosis

Researchers from the University of Dundee, King’s College London and St George’s, University of London have identified potential new means to treat tuberculosis (TB).

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug to fight tumors also fights the flu and possibly other viruses

Ever get a flu shot and still get the flu? If so, there's new hope for flu-free winters in the years to come thanks to a new discovery by researchers who found that a drug called DMXAA, originally developed as anti-tumor ...

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created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than allergies: Histamine may be a possible drug target for multiple sclerosis

If you think histamines are your nemesis during allergy season, here's something that might change your perspective. New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that histamine could be an important molecu ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Trace amounts of microbe-killing molecules predict chronic granulomatous disease survival

Investigators at the National Institutes of Health have observed that the survival rate of people with a rare immunodeficiency disease called chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is greatly improved when even very low levels ...

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