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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Nobel-winning therapy weaponises immune system against cancer
A revolutionary cancer treatment pioneered by the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine has been hailed as the
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DNA vaccine leads to immune responses in HPV-related head and neck cancer
A therapeutic vaccine can boost antibodies and T cells, helping them infiltrate tumors and fight off human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head
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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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New pathway in body’s immune response uncovered
A new understanding of one of the body’s immune defence mechanisms could lead to the development of novel therapeutic targets
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Immune discovery should help develop improved vaccines for infants and newborns
Scientists have just identified a class of ‘danger signals’ that are highly efficient at triggering an immune response in infants
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Immune cells can switch from ‘gang members’ to ‘police officers’
When the immune system overreacts, as in an allergic reaction, cells causing trouble can change into cells that dampen the
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Immune cells that create and sustain chronic inflammatory bowel disease identified
In preclinical experiments, Laurie Harrington, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have discovered a subset of
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