This
section of the research actually covers a variety of
subjects about immunity:
Article
20: A
Crucial Protein Prevents Miscarriages In Mice
A mother's immune system must be kept in check so that it
does not attack her baby which contains foreign genetic
material. (Actually, this article is more about suppressing
the immune system than it is about ways to boost the immune
system)...
Article
19: Progress
Toward A Vaccine To Fight Cocaine Addiction Is Reported
Kim D. Janda, Ph.D. has found a potential vaccine against
the addictive effects of cocaine. Dr. Janda said he has
induced the immune system to create specific antibodies
that attack the cocaine molecule and keep it from reaching
its target, the central nervous system...
Article
18: Red
Wine Can Help Maintain Immune System, UF Researcher Finds
Unlike many other alcoholic beverages, red wine does not
suppress immunity. It aids in the prevention of coronary
heart disease but it does not seem to either boost or weaken
the immune system...
Article
17: UT
Southwestern Researchers Engineer Cells That May Hold Key
To Treating Inflammatory Diseases
Researchers have converted specialized cells that normally
trigger an immunity response into cells that trigger cell
death. This research involved the molecular engineering
of cells in mice - a procedure that could eventually lead
to the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases
such as rheumatoid arthritis...
Article
16: National
Jewish Researchers First To Identify Component In Thymus
Positively Selects T Cells
Researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center
have identified what T cells "see" in a normal
thymus that controls the development of functional or immune-system
aggressive T cells. In the future, this research may help
people who have cancer and thus need help with their immune
system...
Article
15: DNA-Based
Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise To Successfully Treat Melanoma
In Mice Over
the past decade, knowledge about how strengthening the immune
system can be used to fight cancer has greatly increased.
Now, scientists have shown that a new DNA-based vaccine
can successfully treat the deadly skin cancer, melanoma,
in mice...
Article
14: Hopkins
Study Shows New Target For Strengthening The Immune System
To Improve Cancer Vaccines
Scientists have long known that it is possible to activate
immune cells to recognize molecules found on tumor cells.
Over time, the ability of the immune system to respond to
cancer cells diminishes. In the current research, the Hopkins
team, working with genetically engineered mice, used an
antibody to a molecule found on the surface of so-called
antigen presenting cells (or APCs) to restore the ability
of the immune system to respond...
Article
13: Very-Low-Fat
Diet May Compromise Immune Function, Increase Infection
Rate In Trained Runners, UB Study Finds
Trained runners who severely limit the amount of fat in
their diets may be suppressing their immune system, and
increasing their susceptibility to infections and inflammation.
Jaya T. Venkatraman, Ph.D., reported that running 40 miles
per week on a diet composed of approximately 17 percent
fat compromised the runners' immune response...
Article
12: Researchers
Engineer A Way To Improve T-Cell Receptors
Scientists have come up with a way to improve the properties
of T-cell receptors, and potentially other proteins. Their
success opens the door for utilizing a virtually untapped
portion of the immune system to fight a variety of autoimmune
and viral diseases...
Article
11: Master
Switch May Help Cancer Cells Hide From Immune System
A
newly discovered gene mutation that works like a master
switch may enable tumor cells to evade destruction by the
immune system. Boosting the immune system by turning the
gene back on in cancer cells might make tumors more recognizable
and therefore more subject to destruction by the body...
Article
10: UNM
Health Sciences Center Researchers Develop Method of Boosting
the Immune System Response Against Cancer And Infectious
Diseases
Researchers at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences
Center have developed a one-step immune system boosting
program to create patient-specific vaccines against cancers
and infectious diseases...
Article
9: Recombinant
Protein Immunizes Mice, Promises New Strategy Against Infection
And Cancer; Boosting the Immune System
Solving a long-standing problem in vaccine development,
scientists have crafted a new way to deliver foreign proteins
into the body such that the immune system is primed to attack
virus-infected cells and cancer cells...
Article
8: Emerging
Infectious Diseases Of Wild Animals Are A Threat To Biodiversity
And Human Health, According To New Report
While emerging human diseases such as Ebola have grabbed
headlines in recent years, similar diseases in wildlife
have been understudied. "With a new wave of globalization
on an unprecedented level, we don't even know what the greatest
threats are in terms of emerging infectious diseases of
wildlife," said Dr. Peter Daszak. "The problem
has largely been ignored by policy makers and the threat
that these wildlife pose to human, directly or indirectly,
should be taken far more seriously"...
Article
7: Researcher
Finds Alternatives To Antibiotics For Growing Chickens
University
of Wisconsin-Madison animal scientist Mark Cook is finding
ways farmers can raise chickens economically with fewer
antibiotics. Mark believes the new tools and strategies
will aid in boosting the immune system of both the animals
and the humans that eat them...
Article
6: MGH
Study Shows Immune System Can Control HIV A
research team from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
has shown that the majority of HIV-infected individuals
who begin antiviral therapy and thus boosting their immune
system during the earliest stages of their infection eventually
can stop taking drugs and keep the virus under control...
Article
5: Immune
System Helps Prevent Tumors After All Researchers
have obtained the first conclusive evidence that the immune
system helps prevent tumor formation. They discovered that
white blood cells called lymphocytes and a protein produced
by immune cells work together to find and eliminate tumor
cells...
Article
4: UCSF
Researchers Unravel Mystery Of TB Infection; Findings Significant
For Future Development Of Vaccine M.
tuberculosis lodges in the macrophage cells of the immune
system, where infectious areas are sealed off in a kind
of fibrous shell. The mission of the macrophages is to kill
off foreign invaders...
Article
3: Allergy-Producing
Cells Are Also "Do-Gooders," Helping Stave Off Infections
Researchers
have discovered that mast cells, the same cells responsible
for allergy reactions, also recognize harmful bacteria.
This finding may lead to new methods of boosting the immune
system particularly in patients who need to be strengthened
because their immune systems are compromised during an organ
transplant or HIV infection...
Article
2: Short
Bursts of Stress May Enhance Immune System Function
For
years, researchers have found that chronic stress has negative
effects on the body. But a new study suggests that there
may be instances where short-term stress may help boost
the immune system. The study, which used mice, suggests
that short periods of stress - typically no longer than
a few hours - may even be beneficial, according to Firdaus
Dhabhar...
Article 1: UCSD
Researchers Determine that DNA-Repair Enzyme Also Plays
Critical Role in Innate Immunity The
enzyme, called DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), has
been shown to be an essential element that protects the
body from dangers. Now that the enzyme's role is understood
scientists may be able to design a strategy to activate
the body’s DNA repair when needed...
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