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• Scientists to target immune cells in arteries to prevent heart attacks

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  London, December 28 (ANI): Scientists from across the world are set to team up to develop a treatment that specifically targets harmful immune cells in the arteries thought to be the cause of many heart attacks. Experts at the Bristol Heart Institute will work in collaboration with researchers from France, Sweden and ...
  19 hours ago

• Gene linked to childhood asthma identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  London, December 24 (ANI): Researchers have identified a gene linked to childhood asthma, a finding that may be instrumental in developing new treatments for common respiratory disease.The team led by Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Applied Genomics at The Children’s Hospital of ...
  4 days ago

• Leprosy susceptibility genes identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  London, Dec 17 (ANI): Scientists in Singapore and China have identified seven genes that increase an individual’s susceptibility to leprosy.The researchers, who analyzed more than 10,000 DNA samples from leprosy patients and healthy people in China, said their discovery highlights the important role that the innate ...
  1 week ago

• Kids given recalled swine flu shot not at risk

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 139
  About 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine for young children were recalled in the United States on Tuesday when the manufacturer discovered that the vaccine wasn’t as potent as it should be.Most of the doses – some of which were received in the Bay Area – already have been given to children, but the recalled [...]
  1 week ago

• Lose Cellulite without Surgery

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 166
  There are many people in this world that believe cellulite is in their body to stay unless they have a major surgery to counteract the effects. Well the times have changed and that means that there is a whole new way to lose cellulite.What a good many people do not know is the fact [...]
  2 weeks ago

• The Vice-like Grip of Asthma – Part 2

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 530
  What could be the cause(s) of my asthma ? There are as many causes to asthma as there are symptoms – ranging from genetic to external triggers (stimuli). read more
  2 weeks ago

• Conquering cancer with implants? Bioengineered vaccines and magnetic nanodiscs show promise

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  Rather than surgically removing tumors , what if doctors could simply implant new tools in our bodies to do the work internally? One team of researchers has been able to vanquish tumors in mice by implanting bioengineered disks filled with tumor-specific antigens, and another has developed magnetized nanodiscs to ...
  3 weeks ago

• How malaria parasites manage to outwit our immune system

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study has shown that malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the host’s immune system.Malaria is caused by a parasite, which is injected into the bloodstream from the salivary glands of infected mosquitoes. There are a number of different species of parasite, but the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fingernail-sized implant successfully eliminates tumors in mammals

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 141
  In a world first, scientists have successfully eliminated tumors in mammals using a cancer vaccine carried into the body on a fingernail-sized implant. The new approach uses plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin to reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Scientists Develop Microscopic Cancer Vaccine That Eliminates Tumors

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 511
  Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Editor Cambridge, MA (AHN) - According to a new report scientists were able to develop a cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals. The new approach, pioneered by bioengineers and immunologists ...
  4 weeks ago

• Skin implant that can destroy cancerous tumours

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, November 26 (ANI): Scientists have come up with a tiny skin implant that when introduced into the body with careful engineering can destroy cancerous tumours.Bioengineers and immunologists at Harvard University developed the fingernail-sized implant the use of which eliminated melanoma tumors in mice.The ...
  4 weeks ago

• Customised HIV treatment closer to reality

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Nov 26 (ANI): Scientists from McGill University have come up with an innovative, customised HIV treatment that has proved to be more effective against the virus than the anti-retroviral cocktails currently used.The new therapy developed by Dr. J-P. Routy of McGill University and Dr. R. Sékaly from the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 122
  An innovative treatment for HIV patients developed by McGill University Health Centre researchers has passed its first clinical trial with flying colours. The new approach is an immunotherapy customized for each individual patient, and was developed by Dr. J-P. Routy from the Research Institute of the MUHC in ...
  4 weeks ago

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