Human trials of new vaccine technique prove promising for allergy sufferers
...y." Allergy shots are to the body like handicapped fights in which the immune system learns how to defend itself and becomes a better fighter when the real agent attacks. Some of these vaccines, however, contain antigen so strong that, even in smaller doses, they cause an allergic reaction that can be sever...UI researchers investigate regulation of immune system memory
...TY, Iowa If a person's immune system successfully fights off an infection, not only does that person recover, but they also acquire immunity against re-infection by that same pathogen. The ability of the immune system to remember pathogens it has already defeated, and to respond rapidly and effectively to ...Study indicates certain rules underlie calling behavior of bullfrogs
... Bullfrogs are aggressive animals, with pond-edge fights breaking out regularly, said co-author Seth Horowitz, Brown neuroscience investigator and psychology research associate. The animals may regulate their calls as a way to avoid aggression, which disrupts breeding opportunities ......idc@idt.net 202-452-1178 New Scientist Office fights over the air conditioning may pale in comparison t...o an international agreement on that." In offices, fights already break out over the air conditioning. Imagine that kind of squabble scaled up to a global lev...Even the Immune System works with Pincers
... include transplantations, where the immune system fights the new organ or autoimmune diseases where the immune system attacks its own tissue." The German researchers are convinced that their discovery will make it possible to develop more directed therapies which can put the immune system ba...Fruit fly model could explain how mosquitoes carry malaria: new drugs and vaccines on the horizon
...osquitoes. "By understanding how the host mosquito fights the malaria infection, we might be able to design mosquitoes that fight harder," Schneider adds. "We're a long way from changing the genetic make-up of mosquitoes in such a drastic manner, but it may be a very real possibility in the fight against ma...University of New Orleans launches Quest
...Orleans researchers develop a nontoxic weapon that fights corrosion, is environmentally-friendly, and contains no hazardous materials. UNO Establishes a Research and Technology Park: New Naval Information Technology Center (ITC) to Serve as Anchor Tenant: In the city of jazz, gumbo and Mardi Gras, the u...... could have important implications for how thebody fights infection. Barisas will conduct his collaborative research under the auspices of a1999 Humboldt Award, a number of which are given annually by vote of Germanscholars and scientists. Barisas' prize will enable him to work with long-timecollab......structive actions of a common enzyme that normally fights bacteria and cleansup dead lung tissue. A person with the disorder, which develops in those who inherit one abnormal genecopy from each parent, does not generate enough of the protein to adequatelyprotect the lungs, and permanent and irreversible lun...Naked mole-rats break the rules on nursing
..., and there'splenty of milk to go around." No food fights among baby mole-rats, that is. But vicious fights-to-the-death periodically occur among mole-rat females thatare vying to become the colony's only breeding female, or "queen." The largestcombatant usually wins the honor of producing all the babi...Human Genome Sciences announces the discovery of a novel immune stimulant
..."This discovery helps us tounderstand how the body fights infection and how vaccines work. It is our hopethat we can rapidly apply this discovery to the development of new treatmentsfor several serious immune deficiency diseases. We also hope that thisdiscovery will help to overcome the barriers to the cr...... way. Take these examples: Ena suppresses Abl, Abl fights Dlar,Ena and Dlar work together, but Ena seems to inhibit profilin, and profilincurbs the polymerization of actin. "Even so, a coherent picture is finally beginning to drop out of allthis madness," Van Vactor says. Indeed, these kinds of che...... lungs frominjury by a common enzyme that normally fights bacteria and cleans up deadlung tissue. A person with A1AD does not generate enough of the protein toadequately protect the lungs, and permanent and irreversible damage results. Discovered in 1963, A1AD is often misdiagnosed as asthma or chronicobst...STS-89 Will Carry Five Science Payloads From NASA/Marshall
...fine the structureof the recombinant antibody that fights respiratory synctial virus (RSV),the most serious infectious disease that affects infants in the United States.More than 4 million cases a year are reported, with more than 4,000 infantsdying from it. The active region of the antibody has been define...New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
How could you improve on the immune system? It fights off bacteria and viruses that invade our bodies. How about a new type of vaccine -- one that stops dangerous viruses from even entering the body? Geoffrey Letchworth, a virologist in the Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, has deve...