Mayo Clinic Cancer Center collaborating to find new tools to fight leukemia
...cells (lymphocytes), an important component of the immune system which typically fights infection....NIAID media availability: Examining genetic variability of malaria parasite offers insight
...-pieces of the pathogen that are recognized by the immune system. Some of these new antigens may be potential targets for new therapeutics or vaccines to help control malaria....Cancer immunoresistance linked to loss of tumor suppressor gene
...cancer cells have many different ways to avoid the immune system, including the common strategies of hiding ...ll surface or making proteins that act to suppress immune responses, according to Parsa. Some researchers believe that immunoresistance may contribute to can...Breastfeeding overcomes a genetic tendency toward ear infections, scientists discover
...t produce inflammatory signaling molecules for the immune system," said lead author Janak A. Patel, a profes...ased risk." The two identified genes generate the immune proteins known as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin 6 (IL-6). SNPs in each ind...Malaria may fuel spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
...alaria infections due to their already-compromised immune systems, according to study co-authored by Laith J...sity of Washington. "In turn, the weakening of the immune system by HIV infection has fueled a rise in adult malaria-infection rates and may have facilitated ...'Erectile dysfunction' drugs heighten natural anti-cancer activity
...show promise in unmasking cancer cells so that the immune system can recognize and attack them, say scientis...id not get the drug. In mice engineered to lack an immune system, tumors were unaffected, proof of principle, the scientists say, that the drug is abetting th...Infectious disease researchers develop basis for experimental melanoma treatment
...ng that when melanin is synthesized, it causes the immune system to react in a way that might create antibodies to fend off C. neoformans infection. Based on this finding, Dr. Casadevall theorized that melanomas might contain melanin that would allow the monoclonal antibody to deliver radiation to tumor cel...Aggressive stem cells might improve transplant outcome
... for a bone marrow transplant to rebuild a child's immune system, and so reduce the risk of potentially fata...be more vigorous in reproducing and rebuilding the immune system. CD34+ cells give rise to a variety of blood cells including T lymphocytes, a critical part o...Prescribing information for kidney disease far too vague
...ibiotics, as well as certain drugs to suppress the immune system and antiviral therapies. People with kidney disease tend to run a greater risk of experiencing harmful effects from certain drugs. And they will often require changes in the normally prescribed dose and frequency, says DTB Healthcare profe...BIDMC's Terry Strom, M.D., honored by American Society of Nephrology
... and transplantation biology through his study of immune tolerance the immune systems ability to recognize and "tolerate" the bodys own cells and molecules in order to prevent or...Study shows interruption of antiretroviral therapy increases risk of disease and death
...e effect of interrupting antiretroviral therapy on immune function, inflammation, and other markers....Australian researchers win $2 million
...ls from an individual. A special interest is how immune memory is generated and how this can protect an individual against infection. His research has implications for improving vaccine strategies for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, pandemic influenza, malaria and some types of cancer. Dr Doolan is a visiting...Unless we tackle AIDS, many countries will not meet the Millennium Development Goals
...People infected with HIV are less able to mount an immune response if they become co-infected with malaria or TB. "Failure to halt and reverse the AIDS epidemic will continue to jeopardize progress toward achieving a wide range of the MDGs," conclude Hecht and colleagues. "From now until the 2015 M...Pilot study successful in taming allergic reactions to food
...herapy works on a cellular level to alter specific immune system cells, called lymphocytes, that play a part...chestrating allergic reactions and to increase the immune systems production of antibodies that attack and neutralize allergens, Burks said. The seven subj...New data from NIH lab confirms protocol to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice
...t, a substance that suppresses the activity of the immune cells that destroy islets in type 1 diabetes. The... also introduced donor spleen cells to retrain the immune system not to attack islets and found that the protocol not only halted the immune destruction cause...Autoimmune disease triggered if T cells miss a single protein early on
...immunity can be triggered in the thymus, where the immune system's T cells develop, if T cells fail to recog... that autoimmunity can start in this cradle of the immune system, and not only at the sites where autoimmune diseases emerge, such as the pancreas in the case...Baylor Research Institute receives $6.2 million grant to establish Center for Lupus Research
...an autoimmune disease, which means that a person's immune system attacks their own body. According to the L... "We will identify how lupus alters cells of the immune system, which leads to abnormal levels of numerous regulatory proteins. This information will allow ...More insight into Alzheimer's disease with Stanford discovery of possible cause
...t when a molecule responsible for dialing down the immune system malfunctions in the brain cells of mice, the rodents develop symptoms of the degenerative brain disease. The finding, published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, offers researchers an insight into how humans may ...Innovative movies show real-time immune-cell activity within tumors
...eated three-dimensional, time-lapse movies showing immune cells targeting cancer cells in live tumor tissues. In recorded experiments, immune cells called T cells can be seen actively migrating though tissues, making direct contact with tumor...'Tribbles' protein implicated in common and aggressive form of leukemia
...ls and develops when there is a defect in immature immune cells in the bone marrow. In AML, the uncontrolled, exaggerated growth and accumulation of white blood cells leads to anemia and a deficiency of normal white cells in the blood. AML is the most common type of leukemia in adults, with an estimated 10,...