Immunology

Fighting Resistant Blood Cancer Cells In Leukemia

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) develops through chromosomal alterations in blood-forming cells of the bone marrow and usually occurs in older persons. Around 20 percent of adults diagnosed with leukemia suffer from this type of blood cancer. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2016 - 6:00am

HIV Epidemic Continues Among Gay Men- And Antiretroviral Medicine Could Be To Blame

Despite two generations of prevention, awareness and treatment, gay and bisexual continue to have high levels of HIV infection, a new study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2016 - 9:30am

First Direct Evidence That A. Aegypti Mosquito Transmits Zika Virus In Mexico

How does Zika get transmitted? In America, it seems to be sex, but in South America it is mosquitoes? While all three vectors are ecologically useless- they could be blasted out of existence with no impact at all anywhere- it is helpful to know which ones ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2016 - 7:00am

Zika Infection Is Caused By One Virus Serotype, So One Vaccination Will Work On All Strains

WHAT: Vaccination against a single strain of Zika virus should be sufficient to protect against genetically diverse strains of the virus, according to a study conducted by investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2016 - 10:30am

New Method For Bone Marrow Transplants Without Using Chemotherapy

Blood stem cell transplantation, widely known as bone marrow transplantation, is a powerful technique that potentially can provide a lifelong cure for a variety of diseases. But the procedure is so toxic that it is currently used to treat only the most cr ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2016 - 11:23am

High And Low Levels Of HDL Cholesterol Linked To Premature Death

Too much cholesterol used to be bad for you. Then some cholesterol was good for you. Now too little cholesterol is bad for you. A giant chunk of the public no longer trusts science, because scientists have not yet put epidemiology over with the social sci ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2016 - 6:05am

Breast Milk Sugar May Protect Babies Against Group B Streptococcus

A type of sugar found naturally in some women's breast milk may protect new born babies from infection with a potentially life threatening bacterium called Group B streptococcus. These bacteria are a common cause of meningitis in new borns and the le ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2016 - 6:30am

Zika Epidemic May Be Underestimated- Or Overestimated

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Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2016 - 6:30am

NOD2: Intestinal Bacteria Linked To Food Allergies

The human microbiota-- the entirety of bacteria which live e.g. on the skin or in the intestinal tract-- has an unknown influence on health. A team led by Prof. Tilo Biedermann, the director of the Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology at Rechts der Isar ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2016 - 1:06pm

Antibody Discovery Could Help Create Improved Flu Vaccines

A type of immune antibody that can rapidly evolve to neutralize a wide array of influenza virus strains- including those the body hasn't yet encountered- suggests potential strategies for creating improved or even "universal" influenza vacc ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2016 - 7:52am