Immunology

The Ancient Silk Road Delivered Culture, Goods...And A Genetic Disease

Researchers have identified four new regions on the human genome associated with Behcet's disease, a painful and potentially dangerous condition which causes inflammation of blood vessels in various parts of the body- the work was aided because the d ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2013 - 4:30am

Parasitic Worm Compound Could Be Your Future Metabolic Disorder Treatment

It's not as fun as the Martini Diet but more scientific than the Tapeworm Diet. A new paper says that parasitic worm infections, a major cause of disease and disability throughout much of the developing world, might actually help treat metabolic diso ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2013 - 12:18pm

Game Theory On Why We Roll The Dice Regarding Flu Shots

Why has less than half of the USA gotten a flu shot, when 41 states have reported widespread, severe outbreaks of the flu? Some of the reason is availability. They aren't going to make any more, either. Another culprit is a growing anti-vaccine movem ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2013 - 3:27pm

GMO Tobacco Produces Antibodies To Treat Rabies

Here is a conundrum in the culture wars; genetically modified tobacco has been shown to have numerous beneficial effects and now another one has been added. The treatment for rabies (painful shots, thankfully not all in the stomach in 2013) is not as bad ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2013 - 12:13pm

Frequent Dialysis Can Lead To Complications For Kidney Disease Patients

Compared with standard dialysis, frequent hemodialysis, requires accessing the blood more often than conventional hemodialysis, can cause complications related to repeated access to the blood, requiring patients to undergo more repair procedures to the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2013 - 1:04pm

Fruits And Vegetables May Help Protect Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Adding fruits and vegetables to diets may help protect the kidneys of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with too much acid build-up, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2013 - 1:31pm

Phase II/III Clinical Trial To Treat Cerebral Palsy Using Autologous Adult Stem Cells

RNL BIO CO LTD has announced the filing of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) to initiate clinical trials phase II and III assessing the company's RNL-Astrostem(TM) stem cell drug in pati ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2013 - 5:18pm

The Evolution Of Disease Shown In Ancient Bacteria Of Teeth

Bacteria didn't just impact our evolution, we impacted the evolution of bacteria also, according to a study of DNA preserved in calcified bacteria on the teeth of ancient human skeletons. The ancient genetic record reveals the negative changes in ora ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2013 - 4:30am

Telomere Length Predicts Susceptibility To Common Cold

A biological marker in the immune system predicts our ability to fight off the common cold, starting at about age 22, according to a recent paper in JAMA. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2013 - 5:57pm

Of Bats, Flight And Immunity To Viruses