News tagged with neutrophil
Human enzyme breaks down potentially toxic nanomaterials
An international study based at the University of Pittsburgh provides the first identification of a human enzyme that can biodegrade carbon nanotubes—the superstrong materials found in products from electronics to plastics—and ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Strategy discovered to activate genes that suppress tumors and inhibit cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of scientists has developed a promising new strategy for "reactivating" genes that cause cancer tumors to shrink and die. The researchers hope that their discovery will aid in the ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Structure formed by strep protein can trigger toxic shock
Infection with some strains of strep turn deadly when a protein found on their surface triggers a widespread inflammatory reaction.
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Gene protects lung from damage due to pneumonia, sepsis, trauma, transplants
Lung injury is a common cause of death among patients with pneumonia, sepsis or trauma and in those who have had lung transplants. The damage often occurs suddenly and can cause life-threatening breathing ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Seeing kidney injury, as it happens
The current check for kidney disease is a simple blood test for serum creatinine, but it can take longer than two days for this metabolite to accumulate to levels that are significant enough to indicate kidney damage - and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Melanoma uses body's immune system to spread to lungs
(PhysOrg.com) -- The way melanoma cells use the immune system to spread and develop into lung tumors may lead to a therapy to decrease development of these tumors, according to Penn State researchers.
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Protecting the lungs against 'collateral damage' from the immune system
A study published today in the journal Science shows how our bodies try to minimise potential 'collateral damage' caused by our immune system when fighting infection. The research may also provide new clues to why cigare ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Microfluidic device allows collection, analysis of hard-to-handle immune cells
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientists has developed a new microfluidic tool for quickly and accurately isolating neutrophils - the most abundant type of white blood cell - from small blood samples, ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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The remarkable effects of fat loss on the immune system
Australian scientists have shown for the first time that even modest weight loss reverses many of the damaging changes often seen in the immune cells of obese people, particularly those with Type 2 diabetes.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 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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'Good' bacteria keep immune system primed to fight future infections
Scientists have long pondered the seeming contradiction that taking broad-spectrum antibiotics over a long period of time can lead to severe secondary bacterial infections. Now researchers from the University ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Curcumin May be Viable Supplement to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Turmeric - the key ingredient in curry - has been used in India for thousands of years to help treat colds, inflammation, arthritis and even cancer.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Older bereaved 'die of broken immune system not broken heart'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Immunity experts at the University of Birmingham have found biological evidence to suggest that bereavement lowers physical immunity, putting older people at risk of life-threatening infections.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2011 |
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How much can a cell uptake?
Immunological research at the University of Haifa, Israel, has made a new breakthrough, revealing a critical component in the "decision-making" process of white blood cells that play a role in the healing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Experimental approach may improve healing of diabetic wounds and bed sores
Loyola University Health System researchers are reporting on a promising new approach to treating diabetic wounds, bed sores, chronic ulcers and other slow-to-heal wounds.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 08, 2011 |
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