Chemotherapy for brain tumors is boosted after vaccine targets resistance-related antigen
...destroy tumor cells that contain TRP-2. It clearly launches "cytotoxic T lymphocytes," tumor cell-killing immune cells that diminish or deplete the number of TRP-2-containing tumor cells. Other GBM cells survive, however, and continue to proliferate. But because they lack TRP-2 and therefore the ability to de...CryoSat launch will be blast from the Cold War past
...turn subcontracts to the Russian Space Forces all launches in the country being performed by military personn...ch contracts into the next decade, with additional launches set for Japanese and Korean customers....Tryptophan no turkey in boosting immune system, Stanford study shows
...symptoms. In multiple sclerosis, the immune system launches an attack against the myelin sheath, the fatty cells that insulate neurons. The resulting variety of neurological disorders affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide. Soothing the overactive immune system of autoimmune diseases such as multiple ...New scheme will help London's most vulnerable people
...l humanitarian organisation, Medecins du Monde UK, launches Project: London, an initiative to help vulnerable people to access health care. In this week's BMJ the founders explain why such a scheme is needed, while an editorial explores what this says about society's attitude towards marginalised people. Prov...The Public Library of Science launches the new open access journal PLoS Clinical Trials
...cisco, CA; May 19, 2006 An innovative new journal launches today devoted to peer-reviewing and publishing reports of randomized clinical trials in all areas of medicine and public health. PLoS Clinical Trials (www.plosclinicaltrials.org) is published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a coalition of ...Beyond the hype and the scare stories, how safe are nanoparticles?
...UK The May issue of Nano Today (www.nanotoday.com) launches a dedicated forum for debate on the effects of nanoparticles on human health. In "Nanotechnology: assessing the risks", Andrew Maynard of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars calls for a strategic approach to research on potential ris...AIDS debate launches Lancet podcast
The Lancet launches its podcast with a debate that took place at the International AIDS conference in Toronto, Canada yesterday. Moderated by Dr Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet, the debate posed the question: Is scaling up the response to the HIV epidemic doing ...M. D. Anderson, BCM, launch research effort targeting asthma and allergic diseases
...y specialized cells known as mast cells. TSLP then launches a molecular cascade that results in overproduction of the immune system T cell known as Th2, a known culprit in the inflammation that causes chronic asthma. "Th2 is an important, heavily studied T cell that causes asthma," Liu said. "Our question ...New journal focuses on lifestyle health
...yle Medicine (AJLM). The bi-monthly journal, which launches its first issue in January, will feature peer-reviewed papers exploring lifestyle medicines many disciplines, and is geared at helping primary care providers guide their patients to lead healthier lives. While there are many factors that contribute......eurotransmitters are chemicals that one brain cell launches at receptors on another to trigger a nerve impulse in the receiving cell. However, a fundamental mystery has been why other compounds that activate the same receptors are not hallucinogenic. In their studies, the researchers compared the difference...