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New study identifies T cells involved in the autoimmune disease AAV
Many patients with the autoimmune disease ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) suffer a high risk of disease relapse despite treatment. Karolinska Institutet researchers have now identified T cells that contribute to the destruction ...
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PFAS can suppress white blood cell's ability to destroy invaders
In a new study, researchers found that the PFAS chemical GenX suppresses the neutrophil respiratory burst—the method white blood cells known as neutrophils use to kill invading pathogens. The study is an important first ...
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Major genetic study reveals unexpectedly high variation in T-cell receptor genes between persons
T-cells that are part of our immune system are central in the protection against infections and cancer. With the help of TCRs, the cells recognize foreign invaders and tumor cells.
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Study finds a subset of B lymphocytes generates a crucial immune response to promote clearance of microbes
Researchers from Japan have found that white blood cells, known as B lymphocytes, have a pivotal role in promoting an emergent response to stimulate the in-demand production of innate immune cells during an infection.
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Living near busy road could raise your odds for eczema
How close a person lives to a major road could have an impact on their eczema risk.
Feb 15, 2023
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Researcher identifies potential cause of 'long COVID'
Even though the COVID-19 public health emergency classification will expire this spring, the lingering effects of the pandemic remain. A constant puzzle to solve since the first year of the pandemic has been "long COVID," ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Scientists identify protein crucial to tumor cells' metabolism and immune evasion
Tumor cells typically alter their energy metabolism and increase glucose uptake to support their rapid division and spread. This limits glucose availability for immune cells and therefore dampens the body's anti-cancer immune ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Study shows new route for dangerous coronavirus strain emergence
The immune system fights the coronavirus with antibodies and T cells. Scientists have a fairly good idea of how the virus avoids antibodies, including those promoted by vaccination, which is how variants of concern such as ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Pungent ginger compound puts immune cells on heightened alert
Ginger has a reputation for stimulating the immune system. New results from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) now support this thesis. In laboratory tests, ...
Feb 14, 2023
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A new class of antibodies against COVID-19 is being put to the test
A new class of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies has been shown to neutralize multiple variants of the virus, providing hope for a better antiviral medication to prevent and treat COVID-19 symptoms in at-risk individuals, according to ...
Feb 14, 2023
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How the brain's immune system worsens epilepsy
University of Iowa biologists have definitively linked the brain's immune system to epilepsy.
Feb 14, 2023
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Not allergic to penicillin after all? Your pharmacy may not know
When testing determines that a patient who was thought to be allergic to penicillin actually is not, the warning is expected to be removed from their charts and pharmacy records.
Feb 14, 2023
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Allergists less likely to check Black children for eczema
Doctors have dubbed kids' progression from eczema to asthma the "atopic march," and they know more about how it affects white children than their Black counterparts.
Feb 14, 2023
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Why men are at higher risk from COVID-19
COVID-19 has had a huge global impact since the initial outbreak in 2019. Men and women show different responses to this disease, with men having a higher risk from infection. The underlying cellular basis for this difference ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Researchers reveal metabolic processes key to lung repair
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered how cells lining the lung airways change their metabolism, and how this process is key to helping the lungs heal after infection or damage.
Feb 13, 2023
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Mother's blessing: Microbiota from mothers regulates lung immunity in newborns
A new study led by Bruno Silva Santos, group leader and vice-director at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in Cell Reports revealed that a type of white blood cell, the ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Researchers discover new pathways to activate dendritic cells, produce strong anti-tumor immunity
Immune checkpoint inhibitors that activate T cells to target cancer cells have greatly improved patient outcomes across a variety of tumor types. But not all patients respond to the therapies. Moffitt Cancer Center researchers ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Blood cancer manipulates immune cells in order to survive, study shows
The most comprehensive study to date of the blood cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, has provided fascinating insights into what tumor cells must do to survive. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute found that cancer cells ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Researchers find differential impacts of Blastocystis strains on gut health
The gut microbiota contains trillions of bacteria that can promote health or cause disease under different conditions. The collective DNA sequences that make up the bacteria flora, is called the microbiome.
Feb 13, 2023
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