Monday, March 18, 2024

Scientists Discover How ‘Assassin’ T Cells Reload Their Weapons to Kill...

Cambridge researchers have discovered how T cells – an important component of our immune system – are able keep on killing as they hunt...

Unraveling Potential of ‘Natural Killer’ Cells to Fight Infections and Cancer

Despite a name straight from a Tarantino movie, natural killer (NK) cells are your allies when it comes to fighting infections and cancer. If...

British Scientists Accidentally Discover New Type of Immune Cell That Kills...

In a finding that could herald a major breakthrough in cancer treatment British scientists have accidentally discovered a new type of immune cell that kills most...

Elderberry Compounds Directly Inhibit Flu Virus Entry and Replication in Human...

Folk medicines and herbal products have been used for millennia to combat a wide range of ailments, and in the process confounding modern scientists...

How Candida Albicans Exploits Lack of Oxygen to Cause Disease

Scientists have discovered how a common yeast, Candida albicans, adapts to low oxygen levels in different parts of the body, allowing it to emerge to cause...

Drinking Coffee Reduces Mortality Rate by 50% in Patients with HIV,...

Patients infected by both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at specific risk of end-stage liver disease and greater risk...

Immune Cells in Liver Drive Fatty Liver Disease, Liver Cancer

Fatty liver disease – alongside fatty liver due to massive alcohol consumption – is mainly caused by excessive consumption of fat and sugar combined...

Scientists Reverse Autoimmune Disease Progression With Naturally Occurring Molecule

Type 1 diabetes, ulcerative colitis, and multiple sclerosis are among the more well-known autoimmune diseases. But according to the AARDA, there are more than...

Reversing Inflammation in Old Lungs Restores Youthful Immune Response to Infection

  New research shows that the lungs become more inflammatory with age and that ibuprofen can lower that inflammation. In fact, immune cells from old...

Preventing Immune Cell Death From Oxidative Stress with Vitamin E

You're up in the mountains, the snow is blindingly white, and the sun is blazing down from the sky: ideal skiing conditions – but...

Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Herb Revealed

The mysterious inner workings of Chang Shan – a Chinese herbal medicine used for thousands of years to treat fevers associated with malaria – have been...

Bacteria From Honey Bees Possible Alternative to Antibiotics

Raw honey has been used against infections for millennia, well before honey as we now know it was manufactured and sold in stores. So...