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Link found between immune system and high plasma lipid levels

...or untoward consequences of combating pathogens or autoimmunity remains to be determined." ...

Cracking open the black box of autoimmune disease

...n human health, but on a strictly molecular level, autoimmunity is a black box," says Young. "When we discover the molecular mechanisms that drive these conditions, we can migrate from treating symptoms to developing treatments for the disease itself."...

Minuscule molecules pack a powerful punch

...nt an effective immune response, susceptibility to autoimmunity and susceptibility to infection. "This dramatic finding reflects a large amount of work by collaborating groups," said Professor Allan Bradley, Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "Showing that knocking out a microRNA has such dramati...

Proteins anchor memories in our brain

Scientists have discovered that autoimmunity can be triggered in the thymus, where the immune s...elf." The research confirms an emerging view that autoimmunity can start in this cradle of the immune system, and not only at the sites where autoimmune diseases e...

Autoimmune disease triggered if T cells miss a single protein early on

Scientists have discovered that autoimmunity can be triggered in the thymus, where the immune s...elf." The research confirms an emerging view that autoimmunity can start in this cradle of the immune system, and not only at the sites where autoimmune diseases e...

New Insights Into HIV Immunity Suggest Alternative Approach to Vaccines

...ilarities between HIV infection and the biology of autoimmunity after work on an experimental outer coat vaccine failed to produce broadly neutralizing antibodies in animals. "Recently, we spent two years making an experimental outer coat vaccine candidate that had the correct areas on the outer coat for the goo...

A comprehensive response to HIV could prevent 10 million AIDS deaths in Africa by 2020

...sert itselfinto the genome, and the possibility of autoimmunity to it appears tobe low, because normal cells express very small amounts of the HER2/neugrowth protein.?...

Gene Vaccine Protects Mice Against Development Of Her2/neu Breast Cancer

...sert itselfinto the genome, and the possibility of autoimmunity to it appears tobe low, because normal cells express very small amounts of the HER2/neugrowth protein.?...

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