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Immunity
Immunity: is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.
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NOV 28, 2016Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disorder of the nervous system; the nerve cells t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Controlling Chronic Inflammation with UV Light to Quell Disease SymptomsWritten By: Jennifer EllisNOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 22, 2016Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is ...NOV 20, 2016Immunology
Two body systems thought to be functionally separate have been found to be connected through gut bacteria. From Oregon S ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood ...NOV 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2016Immunology
Scientists have found that the vaginal immune response is suppressed when infected with RNA viruses. The Zika virus is a ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and MIT are taking a novel approach to preventing and treating bact ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 14, 2016Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2016Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed how your life is a whole lot less stressful when you have a buddy nearby? Whether it’s a sig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells cannot constantly divide; they must be able to exist in a suspended state in which they are metabolically active b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2016Immunology
TSRI Researchers Believe Cell Population May Provide a New Cancer Drug Target LA JOLLA, CA – Novembe ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 10, 2016Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd ...NOV 09, 2016Microbiology
Urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are primarily caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), are becoming more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report in Nature has shed some light on the process of necroptosis, a type of programmed cell death that is regula ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disorder of the nervous system; the nerve cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Controlling Chronic Inflammation with UV Light to Quell Disease Symptoms
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the University of Leeds announced the discovery of a virus that can kill liver cancer cells. The virus is
...
NOV 20, 2016
Immunology
Two body systems thought to be functionally separate have been found to be connected through gut bacteria. From Oregon S
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood
...
NOV 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have found that the vaginal immune response is suppressed when infected with RNA viruses. The Zika virus is a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and MIT are taking a novel approach to preventing and treating bact
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 14, 2016
Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
Have you ever noticed how your life is a whole lot less stressful when you have a buddy nearby? Whether it’s a sig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells cannot constantly divide; they must be able to exist in a suspended state in which they are metabolically active b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2016
Immunology
TSRI Researchers Believe Cell Population May Provide a New Cancer Drug Target LA JOLLA, CA – Novembe
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 10, 2016
Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd
...
NOV 09, 2016
Microbiology
Urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are primarily caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), are becoming more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report in Nature has shed some light on the process of necroptosis, a type of programmed cell death that is regula
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch