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Experimental drug shows promise against latent TB bacteria

November 28th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have determined how a promising drug candidate attacks the ...

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Hope for HIV patients - way found to revive immune cells

November 11th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Toronto, Nov 11 (IANS) There is new hope for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients as Canadian and American researchers have discovered a way to revive the body's tired immune cells in ...

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Novel approach can strengthen immune system against childhood cancer

November 3rd, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 3 (ANI): A team of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children''s Hospital has found that the ability of the immune system cells called T-lymphocytes to fight ...

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Scientists develop safe booster for cancer vaccine

October 30th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Sydney, Oct 30 (IANS) Most vaccines need a booster, but the best ones are too toxic for human use. Now New Zealand scientists believe they have created a powerful and safe adjuvant, ...

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Protein silencing could reverse leukemia

October 23rd, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) Blocking signals from a protein that activates immune system cells could help reverse a rare form of blood cancer, according to researchers.Physicists and oncologists, who combined computer modelling ...

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Mercury pollution causes immune damage to harbor seals

October 21st, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): A new research has indicated that the predominant form of mercury found in the blood of marine mammals and fish-eating communities, could be more damaging to seals ...

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Key HIV protein discovery holds promise for powerful AIDS drugs

September 27th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Sept 27 (ANI): Scientists at University of Michigan have discovered a key HIV accessory protein, called HIV-1 Nef, that thwarts the body''s normal immune response - a finding that may ...

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New mechanism behind autoimmunity development found

August 14th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI -
London, August 14 (ANI): A new study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. has led to the identification of a mechanism in the immune systems of mice ...

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Zinc fingers bring personalized HIV therapy a step closer to reality

July 1st, 2008 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 1 (ANI): Researchers have taken a step forward to bringing personalized HIV therapy within reach by using tiny, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells. In the ...

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Finding debunks age-old measles spread theory

June 21st, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 21 (ANI): Mayo Clinic researchers have revealed that measles infection does not spread through one's body via airways and the lungs, as long believed. The team reported that the measles ...

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Scientists unravel Legionnaire microbe’s tricks

June 20th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 20 (ANI): Researchers at Yale University have offered new insights into how bacteria like the ones that cause Legionnaires' disease and Q-fever raise such havoc in human patients. They have ...

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‘HiCy’ drug regimen may slow MS progression

June 11th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that a short-term, very-high dose regimen of the immune-suppressing drug cyclophosphamide may slow progression of multiple sclerosis ...

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New blood test shows promise for heart transplant patients

June 2nd, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 3 (ANI): Researchers from Loyola University Medical Centre have developed a new blood test that may help doctors strike a balance in prescribing immune-suppressing drugs to organ transplant patients. The ...

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Immune cells clear up Alzheimer’s brain plaques in mice

May 31st, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 31 (ANI): Researchers claim to have opened a new strategy against Alzheimer's disease, by showing in mice that interrupting a signaling pathway in certain immune system cells can eliminate ...

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Good gut bacteria may offer new treatments for inflammatory bowel disease

May 29th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have found that a good bacterium in the gut called Bacteroides fragilis produces a sugar molecule that may offer a ...

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Natural killer cells in umbilical cord blood kill human leukemia cells in mice

May 17th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , May 17 (ANI): A new treatment that uses natural killer (NK) immune system cells from umbilical cord blood successfully destroys human leukemia cells in mice, according to researchers at ...

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Researchers block prostate cancer cells spread

April 9th, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, April 9 (ANI): Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have found that interrupting communication between cancer cells and cells that promote inflammation can block an early step in ...

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Indian scientist discovers how HIV turns food poisoning into lethal infection

March 25th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by admin -
London, Mar 25 (ANI): Research at University of California Davis (UC Davis) co-authored by an Indian origin scientist has discovered a mechanism by which HIV turns food poisoning into fatal infection ...

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Protein find brings pancreatic cancer vaccine closer to reality

February 16th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have discovered that mesothelin, a protein that promotes pancreatic cancer, could provide a new vaccine against the deadly disease. They found ...

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First direct evidence of link between belly fat and heart disease

January 22nd, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): It has long been known that overweight people have a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and other problems that arise from clogged, hardened arteries. And now, a ...

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Immune cell protein may stop allergic reactions leading to asthma

January 3rd, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , Jan 3 (ANI): Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center have found that activating a protein called Siglec-8, which is present on some immune cells, may be the ...

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How tuberculosis survives inside human defence cells

December 22nd, 2007 - 2:09 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): Using advanced genetic techniques, researchers are trying to understand the relationship between the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and the human immune system defence cells that engulf them. Researchers at ...

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New study sheds more light on blood stem cells biological role

November 30th, 2007 - 6:03 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): No other stem cell is understood as thoroughly as the blood, or Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC), which have been the driving force behind successful bone marrow transplants for ...

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Molecule that may improve cancer vaccines identified

November 22nd, 2007 - 4:25 pm ICT by admin -
London, Nov 22 (ANI): Authors at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found a new signalling molecule that might one day allow clinicians to treat diseases by regulating the immune response depending ...

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How gold salts ease pain of rheumatoid arthritis

November 14th, 2007 - 2:41 am ICT by admin -

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Appendix is a ’safe house’ for beneficial bacteria

November 14th, 2007 - 1:52 am ICT by admin -

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