November 18, 2021
Via: The Medical NewsTo grow and spread, cancer cells must evade the immune system. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT used the power of nanotechnology to discover a new way that cancer can disarm its would-be cellular attackers by extending out […]
March 9, 2021
Via: ScienceDaily HealthScientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have implicated a type of immune cell in the development of chronic lung disease that sometimes is triggered following a respiratory viral infection. The evidence suggests that activation of this […]
December 7, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsThe clinical presentation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ranges from mild flu-like symptoms in many patients to severe respiratory failure and death in patients with comorbidities. Although studies have shown correlations between hyperactivation of the immune system and the formation […]
June 30, 2020
Via: ScienceDaily HealthAged, or senescent, cells are known to harm their surrounding younger cells by creating an inflammatory environment. A specific type of immune cell, called T cell, can accumulate in fat tissues in obese individuals in senescence, causing chronic inflammation, metabolic […]
July 17, 2024
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