Immunology News

When disease-causing invaders like bacteria infect a human host, cells of various types swing into action, coordinating their activities to address the threat.

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Harnessing this mechanism may open up new paths for therapeutic research aimed at slowing the virus' progression to AIDS.

A protein called SAMHD1 has been found to starve HIV in cells so that it cannot do anything, thus making the cell resistant to HIV infection, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center reported in Nature Immunology .

Baek Kim and Waaqo Daddacha in Kim's laboratory. Their ability to make precise measurements of DNA's building blocks helped them discover why HIV-1 does not infect certain white blood cells.

The virus contains just seven genes, yet it manages to kill up to 90 percent of the people it infects.

Dr. James Li is chair of the Division of Allergic Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine and a board-certified asthma and allergy specialist.

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MEXICO CITY, Feb 10, 2012 - Vaccines against drug addiction appear to be a better strategy than the repressive worldwide "war on drugs", but first they must overcome resistance from pharmaceutical laboratories and secure financial backing, scientists say.

In a recent study led by Uppsala University, the researchers compared the DNA of identical twins of different age.

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DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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At least three confirmed cases of meningitis have occurred in Western Oregon in the last two months and it's raising concern among parents.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville announced today that it will receive a tuberculosis biomarkers grant through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health program, an initiative which seeks to overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world.

Flagella, which provide motility for pathogens like S. tyhimurium , contains flagellin, which is taken up by a splenic dendritic cell .

J F de Vries 1 , C M Zwaan 2 , M De Bie 1 , J S A Voerman 1 , M L den Boer 2 , J J M van Dongen 1 and V H J van der Velden 1 Correspondence: Dr VHJ van der Velden, Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

LOUISVILLE, Colo., Feb. 8, 2012 - GlobeImmune, Inc. today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial to be conducted at the National Cancer Institute to investigate the safety and tolerability of GI-6301, a new Tarmogen product, for patients with metastatic cancers containing brachyury protein.

Newswise - DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

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