Study shows how herpes infects cornea, evades immune cells
Herpes virus has an unusual strategy for infecting cornea cells that may also explain how it evades the immune system, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Both strains of the herpes virus -- HSV-1, the strain that causes cold sores on the mouth, an...Herpes Infects Cornea, Evades Immune Cells
Herpes virus has an unusual strategy for infecting cornea cells that may also explain how it evades the immune system, according to a study by researchers// at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The study appears in the Sept. 25 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Both strains of the herpes virus -- HSV-1, the strain that causes cold sores on the...Researchers Discover How Cancer Evades the Immune System
A study on various kinds of cancer, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California, has brought about the discovery of a new method to identify the genetic changes that enable tumours to evade the body's immune system. The findings, demonstrated in human breast and colorectal cancers, are significant to the field of medicine because they may lead to the advancem...Researchers Discover Method for Identifying How Cancer Evades the Immune System
PHILADELPHIA, July 3, 2007-- One of the fundamental traits of atumor – how it avoids the immune system – might becomeits greatest vulnerability, according to researchers from theUniversity of Southern California. Their findings,demonstrated in human breast and colorectal cancers, indicate thata technique for determining a tumor’s “immunesignature,” could be...