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In The Most Severe Form Of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Enzyme-Activating Antibodies Identified As A Marker

In a series of lab experiments designed to unravel the workings of a key enzyme widely considered a possible trigger of rheumatoid arthritis, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that in the most severe cases of the disease, the immune system make...

How The Immune System Peacefully Co-Exists With 'Good' Bacteria

The human gut is loaded with commensal bacteria - "good" microbes that, among other functions, help the body digest food. The gastrointestinal tract contains literally trillions of such cells, and yet the immune system seemingly turns a blind eye. Ho...

Some of My Best Friends Are Germs -- The New York Times Magazine

Michael Pollan reports on microbial research and the influence of the microbiome on human health. "It turns out that we are only 10 percent human: for every human cell that is intrinsic to our body, there are about 10 resident microbes...To the extent that we are bearers of genetic information, more than 99 percent of it is microbial. And it appears increasingly likely that this 'second genome,' a...

New Research Advances Development of Universal Flu Vaccine

A new approach for immunizing against influenza elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested in mice and ferrets. The vaccine concept, which was developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), represents an important

Going live: Immune cell activation in multiple sclerosis

Biological processes are generally based on events at the molecular and cellular level. To understand what happens in the course of infections, diseases or normal bodily functions, scientists would need to examine individual cells and their activity...

Breast cancer enzyme may slow tumour growth

"Cancer cell enzymes shown to act as 'good cops'," is the headline on the BBC News website. The BBC reports on laboratory research into an enzyme called MMP-8 and its effects on breast cancer. The research reveals that while MMP-8 appears to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells in the short-term, it may slow tumour growth in the long-term. Scientists are likely to want to explore...

Immune cell activation in multiple sclerosis: New indicator molecules visualize activation of auto-aggressive T cells

Biological processes are generally based on events at the molecular and cellular level. To understand what happens in the course of infections, diseases or normal bodily functions, scientists would need to examine individual cells and their activity...

Ignyta acquires Actagene Oncology

US company Ignyta, Inc has acquired Actagene Oncology, Inc, a San Diego based biotechnology company founded in February 2013 that was developing personalised medicines for cancer indications based on genome mining and sequencing. Ignyta says the acqu...

Ground breaking cancer research finds immune system link

(Medical Xpress)—Curtin University researchers have found evidence that targeting specific cells in the body can reverse the effects of cancer on the immune system.

Going live – immune cell activation in multiple sclerosis

Biological processes are generally based on events at the molecular and cellular level. To understand what happens in the course of infections, diseases or normal bodily functions, scientists would need to examine individual cells and their activity...

HPV Infects up to 65% of Pregnant Women; polyDNA Recommends Gene-Eden-VIR as a Preparation for Pregnancy

In a new study it was revealed that up to 72% of new mothers with HPV transmit the virus to their newborns. polyDNA recommends Gene-Eden-VIR to help the immune system clear the HPV virus as a preparation for pregnancy. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 “Vertical transmission of HPV is associated with vaginal delivery.” This is according to the European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and...

Findings highlight importance of IL-21 in the development of antiviral vaccines

Scientists at Emory Vaccine Center have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral infections.

New Mouse Model Helping To Keep Stem Cells Strong

When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness. But repeated infections and inflammation can deplete these cell populations, pot...

Autoantibodies may form basis of lupus diagnostic test

Scientists believe a new diagnostic test for lupus could be developed by looking for the presence of certain antibodies in the blood.Antibodies are proteins manufactured by the immune system to help identify and neutralise bacteria, viruses and other foreign objects. However, autoantibodies cause tissue damage, as they are directed against the person's own proteins.Systemic lupus erythematosus...

Going live -- immune cell activation in multiple sclerosis

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried have now presented not one, but two studies introducing new indicator molecules which can visualize the activation of T cells. Their findings provide ne...

JCI early table of contents for May 24, 2013

(Journal of Clinical Investigation) The following release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, May 24, 2013, in the JCI: Modulating the immune system to combat metastat...

Modulating the immune system to combat metastatic cancer

(Journal of Clinical Investigation) In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Ronald Levy at Stanford University found that regulatory T cells that infiltrate tumors express proteins that can be targeted with therapeu...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, The Little Biotech With The Golden Goose Of Immunotherapy

By Chris Lacoursiere:The annual conference of The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is currently less than a few days away, and what is the buzz for this year's conference? Immunotherapy is the buzz word for this year's conference. Bavituximab is a phosphatidylserine (PS) binding monoclonal antibody (MAB) produced by Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (PPHM), which appears to be "Th...

Six Investigators Awarded Lyme Research Alliance Grants

Lyme Research Alliance announced it will fund six promising studies to find a reliable diagnostic test and effective treatment options for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Stamford, CT (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Six innovative research projects have been awarded grants worth half a million dollars by Lyme Research Alliance, the nation's largest private nonprofit funder of Lyme dis...

BioFront Technologies Receives Funding Through Florida Institute Seed Capital Accelerator Program

Company Based on Technology Developed at Florida State University The Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with BioFront Technologies, producers of diagnostic kits and reagents that detect viral and allergenic proteins for food safety and infectious disease mark...

Scientists at Germans Trias Institute prevent type-1 diabetes in mice with vaccine

The new therapy consists of extracting, modifying and reintroducing cells from the immune system to prevent the destruction of beta cells.

Acne Cream, Probiotic Action Shares News on How Some Food may Breed Acne Causing Bacteria

Recent developments from the Center For Disease Control show high percentages of antibiotic resistant bacteria in many grocery items. Probiotic Action shares insight on the CDC findings and shares ways to protect acne sufferers from harboring super-bug bacteria. Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 On April 19th the Center for Disease Control made trips to supermarkets to search for the growing antibi...

ERBA Diagnostics Exhibits at EuroMedlab Conference in Milan, Italy

ERBA Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ERB), a fully integrated in vitro diagnostics company, is pleased to announce its participation at the Euromedlab conference in Milan, Italy, May 19th thru May 23rd. EuroMedlab is the European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. ERBA Diagnostics along with its recently acquired subsidiaries DRE...

Baxter to Present at the Goldman Sachs 34th Annual Global Healthcare Conference

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced today that it will present at the Goldman Sachs 34th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:40 p.m. (CT). The live webcast of Baxter’s presentation can be accessed from the Baxter corporate website at www.baxter.com and will be available for replay through July 10, 2013....

J&J plans filing on more than 10 new drugs by 2017

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it plans to submit more than 10 new products for regulatory approval by 2017, including drugs to treat hepatitis C, immune diseases and schizophrenia, and vaccines for flu, rabies and polio.