immune system

How toxic environmental chemical DBT affects the immune system

harminka — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:20:39 -0500

An international team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Basel in Switzerland have issued a report on the mechanism of toxicity of a chemical compound called Dibutyltin (DBT). Their findings will be published by PLoS ONE on October 28.

Anxiety is linked to immune system in mice

harminka — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:44:35 -0500

In the first study ever to genetically link the immune system to normal behavior, scientists at Rockefeller and Columbia universities show that mast cells, known as the pharmacologic bombshells of the immune system, directly influence how mice respond to stressful situations.

Silencing a protein could kill T-Cells, reverse leukemia

harminka — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:56 -0500

Blocking the signals from a protein that activates cells in the immune system could help kill cells that cause a rare form of blood cancer, according to physicists and oncologists who combined computer modeling and molecular biology in their discovery.

Scientists enhance immune system attacks on cancer

harminka — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:46:17 -0500

In an Early Edition issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published online on October 20, 2008, the scientists describe how they used multiple tactics to rev up both innate and adaptive immunity to enhance the body's ability to fight cancer.

Immune System Can Hurt As Well As Help Fight Cancer

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:37 -0500

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that some proteins of the immune system can promote tumor growth. Investigators found that instead of fighting tumors, the protein C5a, which is produced during an immune response to a developing tumor, helps tumors build molecular shields against T-cell attack. These findings appeared online this week in Nature Immunology.

New division to look at novel approaches to heart disease and inflammation

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:35:50 -0500

While cholesterol-lowering drugs and new technologies have significantly advanced the nation's battle against heart disease, it continues to rank as the No. 1 killer of U.S. men and women. But if researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) have their way, the body's immune system will become an important player in reducing heart disease.

Genetic link between immune and nerve systems

harminka — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:01:31 -0500

Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered genetic links between the nervous system and the immune system in a well-studied worm, and the findings could illuminate new approaches to human therapies.

New nano device detects immune system cell signaling

harminka — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:19:02 -0500

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances.

Targeting the Immune System a Profitable Strategy

mksmith — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:27:21 -0500

Greystone Associates Report Analyzes Clinical, Regulatory and Therapeutic Factors Driving Growth of Immune Factor Drugs

Newly discovered gene variant implicated in lupus

harminka — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:01:13 -0500

Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought.

CMV infections affect more than patients with compromised immune systems

harminka — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:01:09 -0500

An infection due to a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV), which most commonly affects people with compromised immune systems, can also affect hospital intensive-care patients who have no immune-system problems, University of Washington researchers have found.

How immune system, brain communicate to control disease

harminka — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:38:08 -0500

In a major step in understanding how the nervous system and the immune system interact, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified a new anatomical path through which the brain and the spleen communicate.