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We know too much salt consumption can mean bad things for our health, driving up blood pressure and with it our chances of heart disease and stroke. Scientists at Germany’s University Hospital Bonn have now turned their attention to its impacts on the … Continue reading High-salt diet found to hamper the immune system
The body does a pretty good job of protecting itself from invading viruses and bacteria. Antibodies are one of the main lines of defense, but when a new threat emerges it takes time for the body to produce new antibodies to fight it. A new study led by… Continue reading Loop-loaded nanosheets accelerate discovery of artificial antibodies
A trio of new studies are investigating the role our brain’s immune cells play in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers are revealing how these immune cells can contribute to neurodegeneration, and how they may be harnessed to prevent neuron damage.
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Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, The Immune System, Inflammatory, Neuroscience
Continue reading How the brain’s immune cells both help and harm in cases of Alzheimer’s
A new imaging study has found neuroinflammation may be more common in neurodegenerative diseases than previously suspected. The Cambridge research revealed brain inflammation to be a common thread across three different types of dementia.
Tags: Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Inflammatory, The Immune System, Neuroscience, Brain, Medical Imaging, University of Cambridge
Continue reading Cambridge study adds evidence linking brain inflammation with dementia
Cancer is a crafty foe, employing an array of tricky techniques to hide from the immune system while it grows. But now, scientists have managed to copy one of those strategies and use it for good, making new microparticles that permanently prevent tran… Continue reading Copying a cancer trick prevents organ transplant rejection in rats
Two new studies are offering novel insights into celiac disease, the autoimmune disorder triggered by exposure to gluten. One study from University of Sheffield researchers is suggesting immune responses to gluten in celiac sufferers can lead to neurol… Continue reading New research insights into celiac disease offer equal hope and concern
A newly published longitudinal study out of Canada has found a strong association between frequent use of household cleaning products and an increased risk of children developing asthma in the first three years of life.Continue ReadingCategory: Health … Continue reading Frequent use of cleaning products linked to asthma risk in children
Current cancer treatments take time, can harm healthy cells and have mixed results. Ideally, fighting cancer would be as simple as a vaccine, and scientists are taking steps towards that goal. Now, researchers at EPFL have developed a way to make vacci… Continue reading New cancer vaccine molecules clump together to stay on target
New research led by a team of scientists in Canada has demonstrated how a high-fat diet can disrupt levels of an intestinal immune cell known to help regulate microbial populations in the gut. The study describes how low levels of this molecu… Continue reading Study finds key gut immune molecule links obesity, the microbiome, and metabolic disorders
A new research breakthrough uncovering the very earliest inflammatory mechanism triggered in celiac sufferers after consuming gluten could lead to be novel blood test making it substantially easier for clinicians to diagnose the disease…
C… Continue reading Gluten response biomarker offers potential new blood test to diagnose celiac disease