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Tumour immune cells can aid cancer therapies: Study

It could help identify which tumours are likely to respond to a particular therapy.

8 Nov 2018 8:50 AM GMT

This could possibly cause cancer to metastasize, or spread, even before a tumour has developed. (Photo: Pixabay)

Immune cells linked to very early spread of breast cancer

Future work will involve identifying the type of macrophages involved in early dissemination and exactly how the process...

3 Jan 2018 5:52 AM GMT

$\Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease - one in which the immune system attacks its own body. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Study finds scorpion venom may reduce severity of arthiritis

Research finds one of the components in scorpion venom can reduce severity of disease in animal models, without inducing...

27 Feb 2018 4:21 AM GMT

Scientists believe that very precise clustering is required to trigger a signal to kick-start the immune cells to fight diseases. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists discover sweet spot of activity in immune system, key to...

The study has been published in Cancer Cell.

17 April 2018 2:48 PM GMT

We discovered that a specific protein, thrombospondin-2 (TSP2), is elevated in wounds of patients with diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Diabetes drugs help immune cells in controlling inflammation

Prolonged inflammation promotes the progression of many diseases, including obesity.

28 July 2018 5:37 AM GMT

Researchers striving to keep medical tools pathogen free

Researchers striving to keep medical tools pathogen free

Researchers find ways to keep medical tools infection free.

10 Dec 2019 7:08 AM GMT

Cancer patients dont want researchers to be focused on things that slow down the cancer or may have relatively minor effects. (Photo: Pixabay)

Doctor's own diagnosis drives quest for a cancer cure

Colleagues describe the dpoctor as blunt, honest and direct, traits that may have been sharpened by his cancer ordeal.

25 March 2018 7:07 AM GMT

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Here's how Zika virus strips immune cells of their identity

Researchers are hoping to examine other cell types infected by Zika virus.

11 Sep 2018 6:09 AM GMT

Alzheimers disease causes abnormal deposits of amyloid beta protein and tau protein in the brain, as well as swarms of activated immune cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

Alzheimer's may be blocked at earliest stages, say scientists

According to researchers, preventing certain structures from forming in human brain cells will leave people more...

30 Aug 2017 7:59 AM GMT

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Immune cells may mount attack on Parkinson's disease

The neuroscientists-immunologists collaboration provides important evidence for ways in which the immune system help...

31 July 2017 11:03 AM GMT