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Aging reimagined: Study finds immune resilience counters key drivers of disease, mortality
What if, rather than focusing solely on the drivers of disease (pathogenesis), we also explored the factors sustaining our health—the concept of salutogenesis (derived from Salus (health) in Roman mythology)?
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Q&A: Scientist explains how she created 'invisible' stem cells
One continuing challenge is the need to suppress transplant patients' immune systems to prevent their bodies from rejecting the transplant. Genetic engineering to prevent rejection has long been viewed as the "holy grail" ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Surge in immune cells may explain duodenal cancer risk in inherited disease
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a hereditary disease which, in addition to carrying a high risk of bowel cancer, also greatly increases the risk of duodenal cancer. At present, the only treatment available is close ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Novel cell therapy shows promising results in advanced tumor diseases
In recent years, cell therapies have developed alongside chemotherapy and immunotherapy to become a new pillar in the treatment of patients with blood and lymph gland cancer. In solid tumors, such as skin, lung, or bone and ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Study identifies how malaria can lead to childhood cancer
New data published in The Journal of Immunology has revealed the role of Plasmodium falciparum infection (malaria) in the development of Burkitt lymphoma (BL), the most common childhood cancer in equatorial Africa and New ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Brain's immune response may set stage for childhood paralysis disorder
Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease, the brain appears to play a ...
Apr 25, 2025
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Smoldering multiple myeloma: What it is and how it progresses
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer caused by a buildup of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow. As the abnormal plasma cells accumulate, they crowd out healthy cells and cause symptoms such as bone pain and tiredness.
Apr 25, 2025
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Blocking a surprising master regulator of immunity eradicates liver tumors in mice
A protein identified nearly 40 years ago for its ability to stimulate the production of red blood cells plays a surprising, critical role in dampening the immune system's response to cancer.
Apr 24, 2025
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New lease on immunity: Scientists discover key component in thymic size, function
The thymus is a crucial training ground for T-cells, the body's "white knights," where they learn to battle the various diseases they may encounter. Thymic function shrinks to nearly nothing as we age, severely limiting our ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Two-phase vaccination can boost the immune system against cancer
Our body's own defense system not only clears away bacteria and viruses, it can also fight cancer. However, not all tumor cells are easily recognizable by the immune system. In addition, they are constantly changing and camouflaging ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Bioactive compound blocks key immune receptor to ease hard-to-treat allergic reactions
Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic itching, asthma and migraine are in many cases hard-to-treat conditions. They have in common that they are triggered by an excessive immune response—which in severe cases can be life-threatening.
Apr 24, 2025
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Certain neutrophil subtypes may signal relapse risk in autoimmune blood vessel disease
Neutrophils, one of the immune system warriors that were thought to be all the same, turn out to be diverse. Unfortunately, these cells are also active in autoimmune diseases. New research from Japan has found that a certain ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Daily doses of peanuts tackle allergic reactions in adults, Phase II trial shows
The first clinical trial to test whether adults allergic to peanuts can be desensitized has shown great success with two thirds of the cohort consuming the equivalent of five peanuts without reacting.
Apr 24, 2025
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New method improves survival analysis power in clinical and epidemiological studies
The restricted mean survival time (RMST) analysis technique was introduced in health care research about 25 years ago and since then has become widely used in economics, engineering, business and other professions.
Apr 24, 2025
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Estimating complex immune cell structures by AI tools for survival prediction in advanced melanoma
Researchers from the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) have applied AI-driven processes for detecting tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) in thousands of digital images of melanoma tumor tissue, significantly enhancing ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Antibody-based mapping offers insights into malaria risk and mosquito exposure
Today, as we mark World Malaria Day, we're highlighting innovative approaches that can drive progress toward eliminating this deadly mosquito-borne disease.
Apr 24, 2025
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Will pollen allergies get worse in South Florida as climate turns hotter?
It's that time of the year when yellow pollen coats everything from windshields to streets. It's not just from flowers and shrubs. Pollen that piles up under oak and pine trees also add some of the sneeziest allergens to ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Common virus may improve skin cancer treatment outcomes
A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that a common and usually harmless virus may positively influence how skin cancer patients respond to current treatments.
Apr 23, 2025
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Study finds psychedelics can reverse neuroimmune interactions that boost fear
Mass General Brigham researchers found that interactions between immune and brain cells drive fear responses, but treatment with psychedelics like MDMA and psilocybin may reverse these effects.
Apr 23, 2025
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B cells found to be crucial for long-term vaccine protection
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have uncovered a critical, previously underappreciated role for B cells in vaccine protection. Best known for producing antibodies, B cells also guide other ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Immune resilience identified as key factor in promoting healthy aging
A study published in Aging Cell has identified immune resilience as a key driver of salutogenesis—the active process of promoting health and well-being.
Apr 23, 2025
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Patient with rare cancer first in US to be treated with highly accurate proton beam arc therapy
For many cancer patients, side effects from radiation can be debilitating. But a new way of delivering radiation treatment has proven effective at eliminating a hard-to-treat cancer with the only side effect being light skin ...
Apr 23, 2025
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How increasing antibody-to-antigen ratio enhances immune cell activation
Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of the immune system, which ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Pulmonary fibrosis has no cure. Could a cancer drug hold the answer?
Researchers at Tulane University have identified a potential new way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a deadly and currently incurable lung disease that affects more than 3 million people worldwide.
Apr 22, 2025
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