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Cashew shell compound shows therapeutic potential for demyelinating diseases

In laboratory experiments, a chemical compound found in the shell of the cashew nut promotes the repair of myelin, a team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center reports today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Vanderbilt University 19 Aug 2020

Surface structure of SARS-CoV-2 virus offers insights for development of therapeutics

At the start of a COVID-19 infection, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 docks onto human cells using the spike-like proteins on its surface. The spike protein is at the centre of vaccine development because it triggers an immune response in humans.

19 Aug 2020

Long-term opioid use in back-pain patients leads to production of anti-opioid antibodies

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have discovered that a majority of back-pain patients they tested who were taking opioid painkillers produced anti-opioid antibodies.

19 Aug 2020

Researchers discover the exit route for Vibrio bacteria from cells

As soon as the foodborne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus infects a human intestinal cell, the bacteria are already planning their escape. After all, once it is in and multiplies, the bacterium must find a way out to infect new cells.

19 Aug 2020

Study shows how proteins act as a defense mechanism to protect their own DNA

Viruses usually inject their DNA into a host cell to multiply. As soon as this foreign material penetrates the intracellular fluid, it activates a defense mechanism called the cGAS-STING pathway.

18 Aug 2020

Protective anti-prion antibodies found in humans

Antibodies targeting the normal PrP version of the prion protein have been found in humans selected at random with no history of any associated transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

18 Aug 2020

Switching off 'master regulator' may offer neuroprotection from Parkinson's-related damage

Switching off a molecular "master regulator" may protect the brain from inflammatory damage and neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease, reports a study published today in Nature Neuroscience.

18 Aug 2020

Scientists discover bacteria's secret weapon to evade immune responses

Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute scientists have discovered a previously unknown method used by bacteria to evade immune responses.

18 Aug 2020

Protein produced by nervous system may be the key to treating inflammatory diseases

A Rutgers-led team may have found the key to treating inflammatory diseases like asthma, allergies, chronic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

From Rutgers University 18 Aug 2020

Scientists describe the mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies

Since the late 1990s, immunotherapy has been the frontline treatment against lymphomas where synthetic antibodies are used to stop the proliferation of cancerous white blood cells.

14 Aug 2020

Scientists discover gut bacteria’s role in battling cancerous tumors

Researchers with the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) have discovered which gut bacteria help our immune system battle cancerous tumors and how they do it.

14 Aug 2020

Study identifies a protein that facilitates spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus through cells

Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina, biochemistry and molecular biology researchers at Colorado State University, have released a research paper identifying a protein encoded by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that may be associated with the quick spread of the virus through cells in the human body.

13 Aug 2020

Immune Response News and Research

Cashew shell compound shows therapeutic potential for demyelinating diseases

Surface structure of SARS-CoV-2 virus offers insights for development of therapeutics

Long-term opioid use in back-pain patients leads to production of anti-opioid antibodies

Researchers discover the exit route for Vibrio bacteria from cells

Study shows how proteins act as a defense mechanism to protect their own DNA

Protective anti-prion antibodies found in humans

Switching off 'master regulator' may offer neuroprotection from Parkinson's-related damage

Scientists discover bacteria's secret weapon to evade immune responses

Protein produced by nervous system may be the key to treating inflammatory diseases

Scientists describe the mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies

Scientists discover gut bacteria’s role in battling cancerous tumors

Study identifies a protein that facilitates spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus through cells

Study shows how legumes recognize beneficial microbes from harmful ones

Study may point to new therapeutic options for COVID-19

How tumor cells evade the immune defense

Researchers identify new mechanism of papillomavirus that tricks the human immune system

Newly discovered biomarkers predict response to immunotherapy in Type 1 diabetes

A new cell-based gene therapy approach to correct hemophilia A

Study may lead to new therapeutic approaches against coronaviruses

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