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Immune System
Immune System: is the body's defense against infectious organisms and other invaders. The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect the body.
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MAY 18, 2016Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2016Immunology
You probably won’t find a person who doesn’t agree that fruits and vegetables are “healthy.” Yet ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 17, 2016Immunology
More health care workers are getting flu vaccines as more states pass laws making flu shots mandatory, a new study shows ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Zika virus has appeared from relative obscurity to cause big epidemics in South and Central America as well as Micronesi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2016Immunology
Cancer cells are mutated cells that grow abnormally. Cytotoxic T cells of the immune system are designed and developed t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 12, 2016Immunology
The Discovery Opens the Door to New Therapies Influencing Appetite and Weight Loss of appetite during illness is a commo ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)MAY 11, 2016Immunology
Normally cancerous cells do their best to hide from the immune system, but researchers from the National University of S ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 11, 2016Immunology
B cells, which are mostly known for antibody production in the face of invading pathogens, provide another function in t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 11, 2016Immunology
The brain’s immune system potentially could be harnessed to help clear amyloid plaques, which are a hallmark of Al ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Patients with diabetes struggle daily with painful finger pricks to monitor their blood sugar levels. Now, a new device ...MAY 11, 2016Immunology
Scientists are testing a new drug that could minimize the risk of life-threatening infections in patients with traumatic ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s ...MAY 04, 2016Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2016Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 30, 2016Videos
The feelings of attraction may seem magical, but they're actually very real and scientific. Whether or not you are attra ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the ...APR 26, 2016Cardiology
Exposure to certain chemicals produced by the immune system causes bone marrow stem cells to differentiate into myeloid ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 26, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells may actually be spurred on by the death of nearby cells, reported scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Cen ...APR 26, 2016Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 23, 2016Videos
People need healthy bone marrow and blood cells to survive. Bone marrow is the flexible fatty substance in the interior ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 22, 2016Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Are mouse research facilities at the right temperature? A recent opinion piece/review published in Trends in Cancer seem ...Written By: Cassidy Reich
MAY 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2016
Immunology
You probably won’t find a person who doesn’t agree that fruits and vegetables are “healthy.” Yet
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2016
Immunology
More health care workers are getting flu vaccines as more states pass laws making flu shots mandatory, a new study shows
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Zika virus has appeared from relative obscurity to cause big epidemics in South and Central America as well as Micronesi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2016
Immunology
Cancer cells are mutated cells that grow abnormally. Cytotoxic T cells of the immune system are designed and developed t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 12, 2016
Immunology
The Discovery Opens the Door to New Therapies Influencing Appetite and Weight Loss of appetite during illness is a commo
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
Normally cancerous cells do their best to hide from the immune system, but researchers from the National University of S
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
B cells, which are mostly known for antibody production in the face of invading pathogens, provide another function in t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
The brain’s immune system potentially could be harnessed to help clear amyloid plaques, which are a hallmark of Al
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Patients with diabetes struggle daily with painful finger pricks to monitor their blood sugar levels. Now, a new device
...
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
Scientists are testing a new drug that could minimize the risk of life-threatening infections in patients with traumatic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientist demonstrate an effective way to deliver drugs to the placenta – a feat that’s
...
MAY 04, 2016
Neuroscience
Rupture of small blood vessels in the brain can cause hemorrhagic stroke and brain microbleeds, and finding the fastest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
For people with a certain gene mutation, metabolizing fat can be much harder for the body to do than it would be for a h
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
It is the antibodies that detect pathogens in order to fight infections and prevent disease, but there is an entire team
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 30, 2016
Videos
The feelings of attraction may seem magical, but they're actually very real and scientific. Whether or not you are attra
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the
...
APR 26, 2016
Cardiology
Exposure to certain chemicals produced by the immune system causes bone marrow stem cells to differentiate into myeloid
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 26, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells may actually be spurred on by the death of nearby cells, reported scientists at the NYU Langone Medical Cen
...
APR 26, 2016
Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 23, 2016
Videos
People need healthy bone marrow and blood cells to survive. Bone marrow is the flexible fatty substance in the interior
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 22, 2016
Microbiology
Species in the genus Dictyostelium are social amoebae that are sometimes referred to as slime molds (although they are a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Are mouse research facilities at the right temperature? A recent opinion piece/review published in Trends in Cancer seem
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich