Natural killer cells may open lifesaving cancer treatements to more patients
Immunotherapy is making headlines for saving the lives of hundreds of cancer patients including former President Jimmy Carter. But many
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Immune cells help older muscles heal like new
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have found a critical component for growing self-healing muscle tissues from adult muscle—the immune system.
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Researchers find how natural killer cells regulate protective HIV antibodies
In the quest to develop a vaccine that triggers the immune system to prevent HIV infection, researchers have focused on
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Big data studies scrutinize links between fatty liver disease and how cells make energy
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects up to 40 percent of American adults. Though the condition produces no noticeable symptoms, one
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Breakthrough in schizophrenia identifies importance of immune cells
Researchers from NeuRA and UNSW have made a major discovery in schizophrenia research that could open doors to new treatments,
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Regrowing dental tissue with stem cells from baby teeth
Sometimes kids trip and fall, and their teeth take the hit. Nearly half of children suffer some injury to a
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Bravery-associated cells identified in the hippocampus
Why can some people comfortably walk between skyscrapers on a high-wire or fearlessly raft Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel,
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B cells among factors leading to brain lesions in multiple sclerosis
A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich has shown that in multiple sclerosis
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How to create and destroy metastatic cancer cells
One of the most challenging aspects of cancer is its ability to metastasize. Cancer cells can break away from their
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Scientists discover chemical which can kill glioblastoma cells
Aggressive brain tumour cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical in laboratory tests, researchers have shown.
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