Scientists Seek Early Warning Of Drinking Water Threats
...many cases, people rely exclusively on theirbody's immune system to fight them off. Mortality rates can be high among thosewith undeveloped or weakened immune systems, such as the very young, theelderly, chemotherapy patients, AIDS patients and transplant rec...Possible Trigger For Heart Failure Identified In Lab Animal Studies
... (TNF), can initiate an "inflammatory cascade," or immune reaction, thatmay turn against the heart and weake...riginates in the heart and not just in circulating immune cells, can beharmful," she says. "A small amount of TNF may be adaptive, but too much can bedeadly."...... any treatment. Being able toinduce their type of immune response could ultimately lead to the development ... is doomed to fail. There is norestoration of the immune system in the treated people and the virus willeventually become resistant to the drugs." Already, L...Florida Or Bust? Older Lab Rats Seek Heat To Fight Infection, UD Researchers Report
...r is widely believed to be anessential tool in the immune system's arsenal. In most cases, fever helps thebo...s this ability to behaviorally regulate fever."The immune systems of young versus older rats may function differently, Satinoffsays. Older rats may, for insta...Jefferson Scientists Link Some Cases Of Scleroderma To Damage From Lingering Fetal Cells
... be linked to long-dormant fetal cells stirring an immune system reaction. Sergio Jimenez, M.D., Do...angerous complication seen when the body’s immune system rejects a bone marrow transplant. "What’s unusual is that in classic chronic ...Biochemist Solves Riddle Of Collagen Stability
... by arthritis. "In arthritis sufferers, the body's immune system is tricked into thinking its own collagen is a foreign entity that must be destroyed," Raines said. "That process might be triggered when collagen begins to unfold." Collagen therapy could work much like bone or skin grafting, where new materi...Electron Accelerator Provides Unique Proof Of Gene Repair Process In Living Cells
... development of reproductive cells, as well as the immune system. What's more, they hope their studies will provide a clearer picture of how chromosomes become unstable, a condition frequently associated with malignancy. Petrini's team has made significant progress understanding the protein complex in studi...Virginia Tech Scientists Study 'Killer' Molecules
... line the surfaces of vessels, are often damagedby immune cells which flock to sites of inflammation associa... lagand and perforin in vascular damage induced by immune cells. Thework will be conducted using gene-knockout technology, a process in which one ormore gene...Rice Names Matthews Dean Of Natural Sciences
...ication, spectroscopy, and studies on immune function and metabolism. "I am extremely pleased that Kathy has accepted our offer to be the next dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences," Auston said. "She brings a unique blend of experience, energy, en...Wistar Research Yields Information About Colorectal Cancer Cell Invasion
...An antigen is defined as any agent that elicits an immune system response. Under normal conditions, antigens...the project is to evaluate the humoral andcellular immune responses of CRC patients to vaccination with the GA733 antigen. The program project will conclude ...Some AIDS Patients May Show Resistance To Sulfa Drugs
...en were non-HIV-infected patients with compromised immune systems. Samples were obtained from the U-M, Indiana University Medical Center and Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital. Investigators examined the pneumocystis gene that is targeted by sulfa drugs and found a significantly higher incidence of...Cystic Fibrosis Gene Protects Against Typhoid Fever
...of how S. typhi gets into the tissues of thehost's immune system," says Dr. Pier. "By manipulating S. typhi...igen delivery vehicles that target antigens to the immune systemfollowing oral ingestion." NIAID supports research on AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other in...High-pressure Oxygen Therapy Could Offer Widespread Benefits
...Onepossibility, he said, is that it may affect the immune system. When a bloodvessel is blocked, and reopene...t that these injuries mayoccur because of abnormal immune system response to the return of blood flow. These injuries seem to benefit from hyperbaric ...Fetal Lead Exposure May Reduce Immunity
...er of pregnant rats causes long-term damage to the immune systems of their offspring, according to studies a... embryos -- levels that do not affect the mother's immune system -- produce serious long-term immune system defects as the young rats mature," says Rodney R. ...Protein Implicated In Multiple Sclerosis
...for something in myelin thatis more visible to the immune system in MS patients than in healthy people "such...50,000 to 350,000Americans. Depending on where the immune cells attack, the disorder can affectmovement, sensation, bladder and bowel control, sexual performa...Wistar Scientist Awarded American Cancer Society Grant For Research On Gene Therapy
...olecules likeinterleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites,viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development ofdiseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National CancerInstitute Cancer Center....Researchers Unable To Document Existence Of Transient HIV Infection In Infants
...ho have transient HIV-1 infection, astudy of their immune responses could give clues as to what type of immuneresponse could protect against or eliminate the infection." To study cases of possible transient HIV-1 infection, Frenkel andcolleagues looked to exposed infants, because, in contrast to adul......usedback into the patient to produce a cancer-free immune system. Reynolds' group atCHLA cleansed the bone marrow for all the transplant recipients in this study.Matthay reported that from a point eight weeks after diagnosis, 34 percent ofthe bone marrow transplant patients survived three years without a re...Northwestern Researchers Develop Rapid Diagnostic Test To Detect Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
...rowing threatto hospital patients. Because VRE are immune to all currently availableantibiotics, it is vitally important to isolate patients with VRE as quickly aspossible, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Like standard PCR, the hot-start method is used to ampli...Wistar Scientist Awarded US Army Prostate Cancer Research Program Grant
...olecules likeinterleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites,viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development ofdiseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National CancerInstitute Cancer Center....