Showing posts with label immune system. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immune system. Show all posts
20 December 2013

Cancer Immunotherapy Tops AAAS and Science's Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2013

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Science, the peer-reviewed general-science journal, and its publisher, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) relea...
20 January 2013

Psychoneuroimmunology - The Link Between Loneliness, Stress and The Immune System

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A Recent study in psychoneuroimmunology has shown that there is a link between loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses. Th...
06 August 2012

White Blood Cells Called Neutrophils May Lead To New Treatment of Diabetes

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This is a false-colored, scanning electron micrograph of a neutrophil. Credit: UC San Diego School of Medicine White blood cells are ce...
02 June 2012

Cancer Treatment Utilizing PD-1/PD-L1 Pathway Boosting Immune System Pathway Ready For Wider Testing

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Immunotherapy is a treatment of a disease by inducing, enhancing, or suppressing an immune response. There are two ways to immunotherapy; A...
01 May 2012

Lymphoma Therapy Targeting CD19 Protein May Reduce Risk of Lymphoma

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Lymphoma is a type of cancer that starts in white blood cells called lymphocites. Lymphocites are the main part of the immune system. These...
30 April 2012

Findings Show Breastfeeding Beneficial to Infant's Immune System, Intestinal Stability, and Healthy Gut

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Alveoli are cells inside the breast that makes milk. When a woman's breast becomes full and tender during pregnancy, it is a sign that ...
26 April 2012

MIT News: Mucus - First Line of Defense in Immune Protection

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Vertebrates secrete mucus. These are produced from mucous cells found in mucous glands. It is a viscous colloid (substance microscopicall...
27 February 2012

New Cancer Therapy By Boosting Immune System's Natural Killer T Cells

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T cells are a sub-group of white blood cells known as lymphocytes and are responsible for cell-mediated immunity. These T-cells have a T ce...
20 January 2012

Healthy Crying: Teardrops Contain Lysozyme That Destroys Bacteria

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A disease-fighting protein in our teardrops has been tethered to a tiny transistor, enabling UC Irvine scientists to discover exactly how i...