Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
A team of Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists led by immunologist Dietmar J. Kappes, Ph.D., has identified the genetic mutation that keeps a mouse strain from developing white blood cells, or lymphocytes, called helper T cells. The report by Kappes and his colleagues appears in the Feb. 24 issue of Nature. Kappes' laboratory first discovered the mice with this naturally occurring defect in...NYU Study Reveals How Brain's Immune System Fights Viral Encephalitis
New York University biologists have uncovered how the innate immune system in mice's brains fights viral infection of neurons. The findings, published as the cover study in the latest issue of Virology, show that proteins in neurons fight the virus at multiple stages--by preventing the formation of viral RNA and proteins, and blocking the virus' release, which could infect other cells in the brai...Genetically modified natural killer immune cells attack, kill leukemia cells
Natural killer (NK) immune system cells can be genetically modified to brandish a powerful "on-switch" that prompts them to aggressively attack and kill leukemic cells. This finding, from researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, suggests a way to improve the outcome of children who receive treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or other blood cancers. Results of the...Studies reveal methods viruses use to sidestep immune system
A series of studies by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center sheds light on the mechanisms used by viruses to thwart a host's immune defenses and may aid in the development of more effective drugs to fight hepatitis C and West Nile viruses, as well as the flu and the common cold. In a study to appear in a March issue of the Journal of Virology and currently available online, UT So...Jumping gene helps explain immune system's abilities
A team led by Johns Hopkins scientists hasfound the first clear evidence that the process behind the human immunesystem's remarkable ability to recognize and respond to a milliondifferent proteins might have originated from a family of genes whoseonly apparent function is to jump around in genetic material. essentially cut...BD FastImmune EDTA Solution from BD Biosciences - Immunocytometry Systems
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Jenny Gumperz, an assistant professor of medical microbiology and immunology, will receive $60,000 per year for the next four years from the Pew Charitable Trusts, an independent nonprofit organization that annua...Immune boosting beverage relying on Milwaukee firm's packaging technology
New York-based is launching Defense Vitami...Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block
News is out that Spirulina may be the wonder drug we are all looking out for. According to Journal of Medicinal Food, Spirulina , significantly increases the cytokine production in cultured immune system cells. To evaluate the effects of spirulina on the immune system, immunologists at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center collected blood samples from 12 healthy volunteers and incubated...Higher Risk of Asthma in children with autoimmune disease
A new study has found that children with some autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of asthma. In the study, Dr. Jukka Kero of Ruprecht-Karls-University at Heidelberg in Germany and colleagues//looked at health records for all children born in Finland in 1987, including more than 60,000 youngsters.The team checked the prevalence of asthma in children with three autoimmune conditions : celiac...Immune cells halt round in space
An immune cell swallows a small capsule-shaped bacteria. The immune cells which help protect us from disease does not generally work the way they should in space travellers and it could be something to do with their shape. Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) have been studying how immune cells behave in microgravity as part of their research on the health effects of space on astrona...Teaching the immune system to fight diseases is the key to reducing childhood infections
Immunity refers to the natural ability of the body to fight against specific diseases. The development of this natural ability is to a certain extent dependent on exposure to agents that cause the disease.// On exposure to a pathogen, the body is capable of recognizing it the next time an infection occurs and combat it more effectively than the earlier exposure. This theory holds good...Gold Therapy- A Potential Treatment For Autoimmune Diseases
A new research has highlighted the use of platinum and gold in the treatment of autoimmune disorders. The mechanism of how gold helps in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases // has remained a mystery. It has now been found that platinum or gold can prevent the disease-causing microorganism (bacteria and virus) from taking hold of an important immune system protein....CIC (C1-q) EIA Auto-Immune Markers 001-EK-CIC Circulating Immune Complexes
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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...Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and Fox Chase Publish Findings on Immune Deficiency
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 08, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the publication ofnew findings from a joint research project with scientists at FoxChase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA. Together with David L.Wiest, Ph.D., Lexicon researchers have discovered a novel andsurprising role for ribosomal protein L22 (Rpl22) in thedevelopment of T lym...Infinity and MedImmune Present Updated Phase I Results of IPI-504 in GIST at ASCO Annual Meeting
Data From the Companies' Novel Heat Shock Protein 90 InhibitorReveal Further Evidence of Safety, Tolerability, and BiologicalActivity CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 5, 2007 (PRIMENEWSWIRE) -- Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:INFI) andMedImmune, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDI) today announced updated interimresults from a Phase I clinical trial of the companies' heat shockpr...