Exploring the relationship between fever and cancer incidence On 2018-08-17 Recurring patterns in patient accounts suggest the existence of an inverse relationship between personal history of infectious fever and cancer […]
Scientists discover a dynamic cellular defense against breast cancer invasion On 2018-07-31 Johns Hopkins researchers report they have demonstrated in mouse tissue grown in the lab that the cell layer surrounding breast […]
Researchers report unraveling the immune recognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles: Particle-specific immune responses may be ‘an alphabet for talking to the immune system’ On 2018-07-30 An extensive experiment testing the immune effects of a broad group of lab-designed nucleic acid nanoparticles did not find a […]
The need for speed: Why malaria parasites are faster than human immune cells On 2018-07-24 Malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium move ten times faster through the skin than immune cells, whose job it is […]
Biologists discover process that neutralizes tumors: Finding could bolster immune system’s defense against invading cancer cells On 2018-07-11 Researchers from the University of California San Diego have identified an unexpected mechanism that could help determine whether a cancer […]
Senolytic drugs reverse damage caused by senescent cells in mice On 2018-07-10 Injecting senescent cells into young mice results in a loss of health and function but treating the mice with a […]
New targets found to reduce blood vessel damage in diabetes On 2018-07-09 In diabetes, both the tightly woven endothelial cells that line our blood vessels and the powerhouses that drive those cells […]