Weak immune response critical to disease that causes most infant hospitalizations
...s head. Instead of being caused by too strong an immune response, theyve shown that severe RSV infections ...y tract actually are associated with an inadequate immune reaction a characteristic they share with fatal influenza infections, which were also studied by th...Statins linked to lower risk of infection
... Statins are known to have an effect on the bodys immune system, but what that is exactly, and how many sta...not widely understood. Statins may regulate the immune response to infection or fight microbes directly, Powe suspects. The studys authors also suppose tha...Jefferson immunology researchers show blood-brain barrier damage could affect MS severity
...ll of these mice missing certain components of the immune system that, as expected, opening the blood-brain ...of mice lacking certain genes for various types of immune system and inflammatory cells such as NF kappaB, TNF-alpha, and interferon alpha, beta and gamma tha...Northwestern chemists develop new method for synthesizing anti-cancer flavonoids
...lls where they are and a third that lets the bodys immune system do its work. Karl and his team have opened this door." "We are really excited to work on flavonoids with anti-cancer properties so we can selectively modify these natural products," said Scheidt. "We want to get selectivity and specificity u...Rush researchers participate in worldwide AIDS initiative led by Imperial College London
...a simple, affordable and rapid test to measure the immune systems of people infected with HIV/AIDS in developing countries. The four year CD4 Initiative is conducted under the leadership of Imperial College London with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The CD4 Initiative will develop an e...Blocking immune cell action increases Alzheimer's-associated protein deposits
The immune system's response against amyloid-beta, the protei...in required for recruitment of the brain's primary immune cell led to increased amyloid-beta deposits and earlier death in a mouse model of Alzheimer's diseas...Cornell researcher helping develop quick, cheap HIV/AIDS test
...rmine a way to simply assess the critical HIV/AIDS immune system factors -- CD4 T-cell count, or CD4+ T-lymphocytes count -- in the blood. "When patients are infected with HIV/AIDS, the number of circulating CD4 T-cells drops significantly," explains Baeumner. "If they get the appropriate retroviral treatme...Transplanting organs from animals to humans -- what are the barriers?
...nstitute) in a paper in PLoS Medicine, is that the immune system in the animal receiving the organ tends to ...mmunosuppresants" were needed to stop the monkeys' immune system from rejecting the pig islet cellssuch doses would be unacceptable in humans. In addition t...Cancer-fighting foods, supplements explored in day-long symposium, March 25
...seed compounds may prevent skin cancer by boosting immune system Chemicals obtained from grape seed extrac...ds appear to work by inhibiting suppression of the immune system caused by ultraviolet light exposure, says Santosh Katiyar, Ph.D., an associate professor in ...Oral Biology Research Award presented to Russell
...in the induction and sustainability of the mucosal immune response. His group was the first to apply intranasal immunization approaches to induce protective levels of antibody in the saliva. The significance of this approach is marked by the fact that, today, intranasal immunization is the route of choice f...Darveau receives Periodontal Disease Research Award
...gingivalis lipopolysaccharide can dampen the local immune response and potentially set the stage for infection and destruction of the periodontal apparatus have been supported by multiple researchers. This recognition led Dr. Darveau to explore the significance of the constant low level of inflammation pres...International and American Associations for Dental Research present awards and fellowships
...umans that the oral cavity was part of the mucosal immune system by demonstrating that ingestion of antigen (Strep. mutans) led to antibodies in saliva. This award recognizes not only his numerous scientific contributions to, but also his support of, oral and dental research, illustrated by his Departmental...USC professor at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles receives $2.5M for stem cell research
...rom healthy donors are often not available and the immune system recovers poorly after transplantation." According to Martin Pera, Ph.D., director of USC's Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM), USC stem cell scientists and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles faculty, who hold USC appointments...Infection detectives use disease 'fingerprints' to track common infections in children
..." a disease leaves behind on cells involved in the immune response, and using that information to get a composite sketch of the infectious agent. "We are genetically programmed to respond differently to different infections. We have developed the tools to understand that," said Dr. Octavio Ramilo, profess...Study questions 'cancer stem cell' hypothesis in breast cancer
...l breast cells. When injected into mice lacking an immune system, the CD44+ cells demonstrated the ability to initiate breast tumors. The scientists also found closely related cells with a CD24+ marker and suggested that they were offspring of CD44+ cells. The team led by Polyak and Michail Shipitsin, als...Insight on fruit fly immune system could lead to new types of vaccines, Stanford researchers say
...ave found for the first time that flies' primitive immune systems may develop long-term protection from infe...n vaccines, especially for people with compromised immune systems. The evidence that a fruit fly's immune response can adapt to - or retain memory of - an e...Lung cancer risk reduced in female textile workers exposed to endotoxin
...n are probably mediated by the innate and acquired immune systems, although the specific mechanisms have yet to be elucidated," the authors write. The researchers considered several other factors that could have influenced their results. The protective effect of endotoxin could not be explained by differen...Red flag for repetitive stress injuries identified for first time in humans
...he March issue of Clinical Science, found that the immune system pumps out biomarkers (different kinds of chemicals) as the body begins to become injured by repetitive motions. These biomarkers warn of an underlying problem. "While not a diagnostic test, because the biomarkers could also indicate another ...Researchers from the University of Navarra analyze new kinds of cancer-fighting antibodies
...ng monoclonal antibodies in order to stimulate the immune system. In this therapy the antibodies are directed to the immune system cells in order to provoke a stronger reaction against cancer. This has the advantage of explo...Emory algorithm improves kidney transplant chances for sensitized patients
...(HLAs), which play an important role in the body's immune response to foreign tissue. These patients represent one-third of the national waiting list for kidney transplant patients (50 percent in Georgia), but they only receive about 15 percent of deceased-donor kidney transplants each year. The United N...