Immunology
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Direct control of dendritic cells for tracking and immune modulation
Dendritic cells are one of our bodies’ first lines of defense against invaders and are stationed like sentinels at all our outer and inner surfaces as well as in most of our organs.
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Immune system discovery could aid quest for stem cell therapies
A discovery of how stem cells are protected from viruses could inform the development of therapies for use in medicine, research suggests.
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Preventing cell death as novel therapeutic strategy for rheumatoid arthritis
A collaborative team of scientists found how the protein A20 prevents macrophage death and protects against arthritis.
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Possible Role of Foxp1 Protein in Control of Autoimmune Diseases
An autoimmune disorder occurs when immune system attacks healthy body tissues. The exact reason behind autoimmune disease is still unknown.
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How Zika virus shuts down the function of macrophages as immune cell
Zika Virus Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus and is linked to a birth defect called microcephaly. If pregnant women are infected with Zika virus, it can stunt brain development of newborn babies causing abnormally small heads in them. This condition is known as microcephaly. Adult brain cells may also be vulnerable to the virus. Zika virus preferentially infects a…
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A new study explains how Lymph node structural cells controls human immune responses
What’s new? When we study the immune system it is mainly about the immune cells specifically T and B and other white blood cells. But a new study sheds light on Fibroblastic Reticular Cells (FRCs) which are the structural cells supporting immune cells and are present in lymph nodes. A recent research from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute demonstrated how…
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Scientist found a way to avoid immune response to gene therapy
What’s new A new research led by researchers of Standford university revealed that gene therapy can be effective without any side effects like autoimmunity problem which is common in gene therapy. Gene therapy is at the edge of becoming a mainstream approach for treating single-gene disorders,” said Lawrence Steinman, MD, professor of neurology and neurological sciences and of pediatrics at…
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A new candidate for drug development for Parkinson’s disease
Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the US-NIH have modified the protein Nurr1 so that it can enter cells from the outside.
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How Malarial Parasites Outrun Human Immune Cells to Cause Malaria
Malarial Parasite is able to cause malaria because it is three times faster than the immune cells which fail to capture the parasite due to their less speed as compared to the parasite. A team of researchers from the University of Heidelberg has found how malarial parasites move faster than their enemy i.e. immune cells. The focus of the study…
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Scientist Discovered New Gene Affecting Immune Response
A new study led by the team of researchers from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have found a new gene which controls the immune response of the body against infection and diseases. During their study, researchers found that there is a gene called C6 which regulates the production of proteins which leads to infectious disease, cancer, and diabetes. This gene…
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