Immunology

Nut Allergies In Kids- People Think It's Made Up

In many cases, you can determine a child's age by what affliction their helicopter parents have saddled them with and you don't even have to meet the kid.  If they are ADHD, for example, they are likely close to graduating high school.  If you l ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 15 2011 - 5:00pm

Adermatoglyphia- No Fingerprints 'Disease' Linked To SMARCAD1 Gene

Some people have no fingerprints.  That might be handy in a burglary but it can be an issue when passing through immigration or in security situations where a fingerprint is required, like getting a notary public to take your five bucks for some benign do ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2011 - 9:57am

The Rise Of Mutant Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes  urethritis and pelvic inflammatory disease.  Before AIDS, this was what you got for  having promiscuous, unprotected sex with many anonymous partners in a consequence-free environment (a perio ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 19 2011 - 1:42pm

Do Women Have A Stronger Immune System Than Men?

Well, according to a new study, blame the micro RNAs (miRNAs) linked to the X chromosome. The study, published in  BioEssays, investigated the observation that women live longer than males and are more able to fight off shock episodes of sepsis, infection ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Sep 29 2011 - 4:44am

VLP Vaccines: Tobacco That Saves Lives

If you're worried about getting the flu, chances are that you got an influenza vaccine; these are created on an annual basis and use a method from the 1950s;  it is egg-based technology, literally produced in chicken eggs.  Some vaccines, like polio, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 9 2011 - 5:05pm

Predicting Leukemia Relapse In Young Patients

The development of simple tests to predict a leukemic relapse in young patients has come a step closer. Approximately 20 percent of young leukemia patients who are treated with stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood will experience leukemic relapse ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2011 - 6:03am

XMRV Viral Link To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Paper Retracted

Science for the win! ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 25 2011 - 8:11pm

No Sick Sex Anymore

Scienceagogo claims that having sex when you are sick can boost your immune system. “Healthcare Magic” seems to bring the question of is it ok to have sex when sick or with a flu mainly down to whether you infect others. The most important result of my who ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Dec 30 2011 - 6:47am

When We Become Nature's Mice

Primary Immune Deficiencies (PIDs) can be defined as defects in the immune system.  No, that can’t be enough. PIDs are defined as inherent defects in the immune system? Nope. Still not good enough. PIDs are defined as the susceptibility to rare pathogens? ...

Article - Bharat Srinivasa - Mar 25 2012 - 6:41pm

Beat Superbugs With Viruses

One strategy for tackling hard-to-treat bacterial infections could be viruses that can target and destroy bacteria. The development of such novel therapies is being accelerated in response to growing antibiotic resistance, says Dr David Harper at the Soci ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2012 - 5:30am