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Understanding Macrophages: The Key to Optimizing Biotechnologies and Immunotherapy
Immune System

Understanding Macrophages: The Key to Optimizing Biotechnologies and Immunotherapy

A recent meta-analysis highlights the importance of understanding macrophage behavior to improve biotechnologies and immunotherapies. Co-led by researchers from Texas A&M University, the study …

Nov 2, 2024 Mayur Tembhare
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Guardian Peptides: The Brain's Secret to Immune Balance
Immune System

Guardian Peptides: The Brain's Secret to Immune Balance

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered guardian peptides produced by the brain that help regulate immune responses, potentially paving the way …

Oct 31, 2024 Mayur Tembhare
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Scientists identify potential new 'soldier' for cancer immunotherapy
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Scientists identify potential new 'soldier' for cancer immunotherapy

The new cells, which the scientists have dubbed killer innate-like T cells, differ in several notable ways from the conventional target of many immunotherapies.

Apr 21, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Regulating the regulators of the immune system
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Regulating the regulators of the immune system

Scientists reveal a new layer of complexity with which the immune system finds a balance between controlling pathogens and protecting healthy tissue.

Apr 20, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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New approach against chronic inflammation: Treating mice with so-called 'nanobodies'
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New approach against chronic inflammation: Treating mice with so-called 'nanobodies'

Researchers have succeeded in mitigating chronic inflammation in mice using customized 'mini-antibodies.' These nanobodies enabled them to dissolve molecular complexes in tissue that normally …

Apr 20, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Could releasing ‘handbrake’ immune cells help supercharge immunity?
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Could releasing ‘handbrake’ immune cells help supercharge immunity?

Researchers have found a way to supercharge immune cells that could enable them to clear disease and infections faster

Apr 15, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Colon cancer: How mutation of the APC gene disrupts lymphocyte migration
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Colon cancer: How mutation of the APC gene disrupts lymphocyte migration

In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, a genetic disease predisposing to colon cancer, mutations of the APC gene induce the formation of intestinal polyps, …

Apr 15, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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COVID-19 therapy: Better in combination than alone
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COVID-19 therapy: Better in combination than alone

There is a steadily growing arsenal of drugs for COVID-19. Researchers have studied the mechanisms of action of antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs. Their findings …

Apr 14, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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Immune response to parasitic worms
Immune System

Immune response to parasitic worms

New research looked at if exposure to pathogens, in particular helminths, can stimulate the immune system and reduce predisposition for inflammatory bowel disease.

Apr 14, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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How to rejuvenate the immune system of elderly people and reduce their risk of infectious disease
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How to rejuvenate the immune system of elderly people and reduce their risk of infectious disease

A new study identifies a reason for why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger people, a critical societal issue …

Apr 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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New tool reveals how immune cells find their targets
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New tool reveals how immune cells find their targets

Biological engineers have devised a new experimental tool that allows them to precisely pick out interactions between a particular B or T cell and …

Apr 12, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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How T cell-derived interleukin-22 promotes antibacterial defense of colonic crypts
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How T cell-derived interleukin-22 promotes antibacterial defense of colonic crypts

Intestinal epithelial cells line the inner wall of the gut, creating a barrier to dangerous bacteria like enteropathogenic E. coli that seek to attach …

Apr 9, 2022 Mayur Tembhare
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