Transdermal vaccine effective in treating Alzheimer's disease in mouse model
...generative disease with less likelihood of adverse immune reactions. The study was published online this... The Alzheimer's vaccine works by triggering the immune system to recognize Ab -- a protein that abnormally builds up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients ...New amfAR research grants aim to advance understanding and prevention of rectal HIV transmission
...k has designed genetically engineered mice with an immune system that mimics that of humans, allowing him to...look for indications of changes in the function of immune cells, and determine whether such changes always occur or only when HIV infection is established. In...Emory University announces new Global Health Institute
...y Vaccine Center and one of the world's experts in immune memory and vaccine development. A program led by Reynaldo Martorell, Woodruff Professor and Chair, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, to expand the current collaborative relationship between Emory University and...Why doesn't the immune system attack the small intestine?
...er Cancer Institute have discovered why the body's immune system - perpetually on guard against foreign micr...of peacemakers: lymph node cells that instruct key immune system cells to leave healthy tissue alone. The finding, which illuminates a previously unknown corn...Anthrax attack posed greater potential threat than thought
...s assumed to be at minimal risk of exposure showed immune responses suggesting they had been exposed. The...where, prospectively studied clinical outcomes and immune responses in 123 subjects including 83 people who were nearby when the letter containing the anthrax...NIAID DNA vaccine for H5N1 avian influenza enters human trial
...oys new technology known to safely stimulate broad immune responses." NIAID researchers will measure immune responses to the vaccine, assess its safety, and compare its potency to more traditional vaccine app...New details on how the immune system recognizes influenza
...ical sites on the virus that are recognized by the immune system. The findings, reported by researchers at t...e it reveals in molecular detail exactly where the immune system focuses on the viruses. Although the complete molecular structures of essentially all major s...St. Jude, El Salvador create research ethics committee
...ects: research into the effect of nutrition on the immune systems of Salvadoran children and their susceptibility to dengue hemorrhagic fever (a potentially deadly virus infection); and the training of 100 Salvadoran nurses to care for patients with HIV/AIDS. As part of the collaboration, a clinical in...Blood transfusions raise heart patients' infection and death risk -- especially women
...y be due to other factors, including the patient's immune response to substances such as white blood cells t...among blood recipients, which suggests a body-wide immune response issue rather than a problem, for example, at the site of the incision. The analyses reveal...Involvement of the amygdala in systemic lupus erythematosus
...s offer a glimpse into the interaction between the immune system and the brain. A related perspective article by Betty Diamond and Bruce Volpe discusses the findings further. Citation: Emmer BJ, van der Grond G, Steup-Beekman GM, Huizinga TWJ, van Buchem MA (2006) Selective involvement of the amygdala i...Effective HIV control may depend on viral protein targeted by immune cells
An effective response of the immune systems killer T cells against infection with HIV ...elease in Nature Medicine. "Understanding which immune responses are effective in control of HIV is of critical importance in vaccine development," says Ph...Study explains how NSAIDs halt cancer growth
...link between inflammation and cancer. As the bodys immune response to tissue damage, acute inflammation serves as a natural defense to guard against injury or infection. However, in cases of chronic inflammation for example, inflammatory bowel disease certain signaling pathways that modulate the inflamm...UCSD researchers discover internal compass of immune cell
...t play key roles in inflammation and in the body's immune defense against bacteria navigate to sites of infection and inflammation. These findings could potentially lead to new treatments for serious infections and inflammatory diseases in patients. The research, reported in the December 15, 2006 issue o...Could the ability to expel worms lead to a future asthma treatment?
...arasitic infections and asthma may cause the human immune system to react in some of the same ways, and may ...day in the journal Science. To be effective, the immune system must "decide" which cells and chemicals need to be ramped up to best destroy the invader at h...Natural, soy-based substance might help fight MS, Jefferson neuroscientists find
...), which mimics MS, to investigate BBICs potential immune system-suppressing properties. BBIC inhibits prote...clerosis, but they theorize that it suppresses the immune response to some extent, in addition to inhibiting proteases. Dr. Rostami sees BBIC as being used as...Drug combination slows progression of treatment resistant bone marrow cancer
...white blood cells, multiple myeloma suppresses the immune system, so patients can develop sometimes-fatal infections. Other complications include kidney failure, bone pain, anemia, and bleeding. Doxil is a liposmal version of an older drug, doxorubicin, which means the drug is encapsulated in a microscopi...Even slight holiday weight gain can set stage for obesity, health risks
... potatoes contain Vitamin A essential to a strong immune system. A glass of red wine, which has been found to have a positive effect on cholesterol levels and blood pressure, is less caloric that a glass of eggnog. The key is moderation, Ms. Sandon said. Eating large portions of even healthy food...Bank on a Cure researchers identify pathways mediating myeloma treatment side effects
...ith inflammation, which has been shown to link the immune system to clotting mechanisms. Other genes identified are involved with the rapid tumor reduction achieved by thalidomide that can in turn release cytokines and other tissue factors, which increase the risk of thrombosis, or clots. The genes were val...Clinical study results using Aldagen's product to isolate cord blood stem cells presented at ASH
...bute to neutrophil and platelet engraftment and to immune reconstitution following transplantation. The primary goal of the clinical study is to determine if transplanting these enriched cells is safe. The study will also indicate if transplanting these cell populations could result in accelerated engraft...MGH study examines impact of infection with both HIV and hepatitis C virus
...lly able to control levels of the virus with their immune systems, those who also become infected with HIV, ... of the first studies of how HIV infection impacts immune system functions involved with HCV control. Their findings suggest that beginning antiretroviral th...