Article 14: New Role
For Immunity Player May Help Improve Cancer Vaccines Researchers
have discovered that a molecule best known for its anti-microbial
properties also has the ability to activate key cells in the immune
system. This may lead to new cancer vaccines and strategies to
build up the immune system..
Article 13: New
Approach To Replacing Immunity Cells Shrink Tumors In Patients
With Melanoma The
study demonstrates that immune response cells, activated in the
laboratory against patients' tumors and then administered to those
patients, can attack cancer cells in the body. What an awesome
way to boost the immune system...
Article 12: Researchers
Identify Protein That Regulates Killer Cells Researchers have
identified a protein that plays a critical role in the regulation
of "natural killers cells" in our immunity battle against
foreign and diseased cells. This research is a small part of the
larger search for how to improve the immune system...
Article 11: White
Blood Cells Are Much More Active And Dynamic White blood cells
are much more active and dynamic than previously assumed and show
complex behaviors for responding to foreign bodies. The study
gives new insight into the tactics used by T- and B-cells to fight
disease and has implications for bolster the immune system...
Article 10: Researchers
Identify A Key "Brake" Of The Immunity Response
Sometimes physicians want to be able to turn off the immunity
response, such as during bone marrow or organ transplants to prevent
the host from rejecting the donor tissue. On the other hand, doctors
would like to build up the immune system response against malignant
cells and HIV-infected cells to help fight cancer and AIDS...
Article 9: Blood Stem
Cells Carry Targeted Genes In a bold new move to strengthen
the immune system, researchers have genetically altered human
blood stem cells to selectively activate genes in developing immunity
cells...
Article 8: Signals
From Nervous System Influence Immunity, Study Shows In
a discovery that demonstrates a clear link between the mind and
body at a molecular level, scientists have shown that a chemical
signal which normally allows nerve cells to communicate with each
other can also re-direct actions of the immune system. We can
utilize this information to boost the immune system...
Article 7: University
Of Pittsburgh Researchers Define Precursors To Cells That Control
The Immunity Response Precursors
of epidermal Langerhans cells (LCs) reside in the skin and play
a key role in the initiation and regulation of the immunity response
throughout the body. Researchers may now be able to use these
cells to build up the immune system response...
Article 6: Researchers
Identify Pathogen-Specific Gene Response In Human Immunity Cells
Using DNA microarray technology, researchers at the Whitehead
Institute for Biomedical Research have discovered that a type
of human cell, known as a dendritic cell, initiates an immunity
response that is tailor-made for specific infectious organisms.
The researchers found that dendritic cells turn on different sets
of genes, or a signature pattern of gene response, depending on
whether the organism is a bacteria, virus, or fungus....
Article 5: Natural
Immunity Response Reduces Nerve Damage; May Lead To Improved Treatment
For Spinal Cord Injury Scientists
show for the first time that damage to the central nervous system
causes the body to mount an immunity reaction against itself that
actually protects neurons from further damage. This may lead to
insights into how to build up the immune system of those with
spinal cord injury...
Article 4: Research
Holds Hope For Understanding Recurrent Miscarriages, Helping Transplant
And Cancer Patients A
mother's immune system may attack a fetus from multiple fronts,
by sending in killer T-cells, by producing antibodies that target
fetal cells or by coating cells with a destructive, soluble blood
factor called complement. Hopefully we can understand how to make
the immune system stronger in all patients and avoid attacks where
they are not wanted...
Article 3: Immunity Proteins Play
Role In Brain Development And Remodeling; Discovery Suggests New
Theory For Dyslexia, Parkinson's Disease And Multiple Sclerosis
Two immunity proteins found in the brains of mice help the brain
develop and may play key roles in triggering developmental disorders
like dyslexia and neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's
Disease, according to a Harvard Medical School study...
Article
2: University Of
Iowa Researchers Investigate Regulation Of Immunity Memory
If
a person's immune system successfully fights off an infection,
not only does that person recover, but they also acquire immunity
against re-infection by that same pathogen. The ability of the
body to remember pathogens it has already defeated, and to respond
rapidly and effectively to them during future exposures, is the
basis of vaccination strategies...
Article
1: Strengthen
Immune System: Promiscuity May Be One Way Evolution Has Found
To Do This, A Study Suggests What
a strange way to build immunity - this study indicates that the
evolution of immunity in a species may be directly linked to the
sexual activity of that species. A comparative analysis of 41
primate species demonstrates that the most promiscuous species
have naturally higher white blood cell (WBC) counts -- the first
line of defense against infectious disease -- than more monogamous
species...
