Immunology
Researchers find new way to curb asthma attacks
A protein that shuts down immune cells in the lungs could be key to a new treatment for asthma attacks, a new report says.
Mar 26, 2024
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News tagged with immune attack
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Severe lung infection during COVID-19 can cause damage to the heart
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can damage the heart even without directly infecting the heart tissue, a study has found. The research, published in the journal Circulation, specifically looked at damage to the ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Bioengineered approach shows promise in ulcerative colitis
By taking advantage of mechanisms that allow cancer cells to evade immune attack, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a new strategy in animal models that has potential for treating ulcerative colitis. ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Genetics
New model of type 1 diabetes: RNA editing disruption mimics early stage disease with no involvement of virus
A recent study published in Cell Metabolism by researchers at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Bar-Ilan University and Vanderbilt University has developed a new paradigm for early stages of type 1 diabetes (T1D), ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Medical research
World-first human trial finds arthritis drug can suppress progression of type 1 diabetes
Researchers at St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research (SVI) in Melbourne have shown that a commonly prescribed rheumatoid arthritis drug can suppress the progression of type 1 diabetes.
Dec 6, 2023
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Cardiology
Zebrafish study demonstrates heart repair via neuroimmune crosstalk
Unlike humans, zebrafish can completely regenerate their hearts after injury. They owe this ability to the interaction between their nervous and immune systems, as researchers led by Suphansa Sawamiphak from the Max Delbrück ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds carcinogen exposure makes cancer cells more susceptible to immune attack
While carcinogens are widely known to be perpetrators of cancer, a new study from researchers at the Mass General Cancer Center has shown that exposure to carcinogens can increase cancer cells' susceptibility to immune attack.
Oct 19, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study helps explain how COVID-19 heightens risk of heart attack and stroke
In some patients, infection with the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 can trigger a dangerous immune response in hardened fatty deposits (plaques) lining the heart's largest blood vessels, a new study shows.
Sep 28, 2023
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Health
Q&A: What to know about air quality alert days
Wildfire smoke, smog and pollution are increasingly present in the air we breathe. What is this polluted air doing to our bodies? Two University of Chicago Medicine pulmonary experts—Director of Rhinology and Allergy Jayant ...
Jul 31, 2023
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Cardiology
Research pinpoints inflammation source behind atherosclerosis
Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas have discovered in mice how high cholesterol causes blood vessels to become inflamed, a necessary prerequisite for atherosclerosis—the "hardening ...
Jul 25, 2023
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