New strategy to attack tumor-feeding blood vessels
Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours.
View ArticleResearchers discover potential new mechanisms of drug resistance in Toxoplasma
Scientists have for years been puzzled by why drugs are sometimes effective in treating parasitic diseases, while other times they have little or no effect.
View ArticleClub cells are 'bad guys' during flu infection
A specialized subset of lung cells can shake flu infection, yet they remain stamped with an inflammatory gene signature that wreaks havoc in the lung, according to a study published in The Journal of...
View ArticleCommentary focuses on 2014 Ebola outbreak in west africa
(HealthDay)—The Ebola epidemic is spreading in West Africa, with little hope for treatment, and an experimental therapy is unlikely to be provided to African patients, according to two commentaries...
View ArticlePotential therapy for incurable Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A is the most common inherited disease affecting the peripheral nervous system. Researchers from the Department of Neurogenetics at the Max Planck Institute of...
View ArticleUnusual immune cell needed to prevent oral thrush
An unusual kind of immune cell in the tongue appears to play a pivotal role in the prevention of thrush, according to the researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine who discovered...
View ArticleT-bet tackles hepatitis
A single protein may tip the balance between ridding the body of a dangerous virus and enduring life-long chronic infection, according to a report appearing in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
View ArticleNew rules for anticancer vaccines
Scientists have found a way to find the proverbial needle in the cancer antigen haystack, according to a report published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
View Article'JAKing' up blood cancers, one cell at a time
A solitary cell containing a unique abnormality can result in certain types of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental...
View ArticleHow Staph infections elude the immune system
A potentially lethal bacterium protects itself by causing immune tunnel vision, according to a study from scientists at The University of Chicago published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine. By...
View ArticleSynapses always on the starting blocks
While neurons rapidly propagate information in their interior via electrical signals, they communicate with each other at special contact points known as the synapses. Chemical messenger substances,...
View ArticleStudy suggests how flu-related gastrointestinal flare-ups can be relieved...
Flu infection has long-ranging effects beyond the lung that can wreak havoc in the gut and cause a dreaded symptom, diarrhea, according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
View ArticleImmunotherapy for cancer toxic with obesity: Researchers link increased body...
Immunotherapy that can be effective against tumors in young, thin mice can be lethal to obese ones, a new study by UC Davis researchers has found. The findings, published online today in The Journal of...
View ArticleInfection-fighting B cells go with the flow
Newly formed B cells take the easy way out when it comes to exiting the bone marrow, according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
View ArticleDrug injection protects monkeys from vaginal HIV infection
A monthly injection of an experimental anti-retroviral drug protected female monkeys from vaginal infection by a simian form of HIV, according to two new studies.
View ArticleHemin improves adipocyte morphology and function by enhancing proteins of...
Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Saskatoon, Canada, led by Dr. Joseph Fomusi Ndisang have determined that upregulating heme-oxygenase with...
View ArticlePromising new strategy to halt pancreatic cancer metastasis
Pancreatic cancer and its metastases might have their days numbered, according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
View ArticleOne step closer to defeating Alzheimer's disease
Tackling brain inflammation ameliorates Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
View ArticleVeterinary researcher validates human tracheal/bronchial-cell model for...
A recently hired veterinary pathologist is bringing multiple skills to her new position in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, including experience with a human primary cell...
View ArticleMalarial parasites dodge the kill
Scientists have uncovered a potential mode of parasite drug resistance in malaria infection, according to a report published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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