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Location: Lund, Sweden
Mould toxins in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research. Erica Bloom from the Division of Medical Microbiology at Lund University in Sweden has contributed...
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Location: Michigan, United States
Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.
This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a...
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Location: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States
Babies who get severe respiratory viral infections are much more likely to
suffer from asthma as they get older. Now researchers at Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis have pinpointed a...
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Location: Duke University Medical Center, United States
A common human virus may prove useful in attacking the deadliest form of brain
tumors, according to study conducted by researchers at
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Location: Boston, United States
A discovery in mice of immune cells that promote the formation of new blood
vessels could lead to new treatments for endometriosis, a painful condition
associated with...
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Location: 695 Charles Young Drive South ,Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
It is already known that a
person's social environment can affect his or her health, with those who are
socially isolated — that is, lonely — suffering from higher mortality than
people who are not.
Now, in the first study of its kind,...
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Location: Center Helmholtz de Recherche in Infectiologie (HZI), Inhoffenstrasse 7, D38124 Braunschweig - Tel.: +49 531 6181 4008, fax: +49 531 61 81, Germany
Scientists of the Center Helmholtz de Recherche in Infectiologie (HZI) begin a
European project from development of programmable minibacterias. At the base of
this idea, a report: only some genes of the micro-organisms are used for...
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Location: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States
The adaptive immune response enables the vertebrate immune system to recognize and respond to specific pathogens, with immunological memory allowing a stronger response upon subsequent re-exposure to a pathogen. Adaptive immunity relies on the...
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Location: EMBL Monterotondo, Adriano Buzzati-Traverso Campus, Via Ramarini 32, 00016 Monterotondo, Italy
Inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's
disease and Ulcerative Colitis, severely impair the lives of more than four
million people worldwide. The development of effective therapies against these
diseases requires an understanding of...
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