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Autoimmune diseases occur when an individual's immune system fights their own body as if it was a foreign invader. However, in healthy people, these responses are prevented by a process known as immune tolerance. Many complex biological mechanisms maintain the necessary balance between immune activation and suppression to ensure immune tolerance does not prevent the […]
insights from industryGary DowthwaiteSpecial Projects Co-OrdinatorEKF Diagnostics In this interview, Gary Dowthwaite, the Special Projects Co-Ordinator at EKF Diagnostics, talks to NewsMedical about the Kantaro COVID-SeroKlir Kit. To begin, can you give us an introduction to what COVID-19 IgG antibodies are? COVID-19 IgG antibodies are raised by the immune system in response to either infection […]
Cancer immunotherapy may get a boost from an unexpected direction: bacteria residing within tumor cells. In a new study published in Nature, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and their collaborators have discovered that the immune system "sees" these bacteria and shown they can be harnessed to provoke an immune reaction against the tumor. […]
The link between psychological stress and physical health problems generally relates to a stress-induced immune response gone wild, with inflammation then causing damage to other systems in the body. It's a predictable cascade – except in pregnancy, research suggests. Scientists exploring the negative effects of prenatal stress on offspring mental health set out to find […]
Cancer researcher Rita Fior uses zebrafish to study human cancer. Though this may seem like an unlikely match, her work shows great promise with forthcoming applications in personalized medicine. The basic principle of Fior's approach relies on transplanting human cancer cells into dozens of zebrafish larvae. The fish then serve as "living test tubes" where […]
Skip to: How allergies usually work? Types of Pollen Allergies Diagnosis of Pollen Allergies How to Treat Pollen Allergies? Pollen grains are released by trees, flowers and other plans with to fertilize other plants of the same species. An allergy to pollen is one of the most allergic reactions is the USA. Studies show that […]
Still’s disease, also known as Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD), is a rare inflammatory arthritis that may cause joint inflammation, high fever and a salmon-colored rash on the skin. Credit: Paisit Teeraphatsakoo/Shutterstock.com Still’s disease is an auto-inflammatory illness, which means that the inflammation is triggered by an alteration in immune function. Normally, inflammation is the result […]
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. PRADAXA CMI0113-19 Capsules dabigatran etexilate Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about Pradaxa. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. […]
A food allergy is a condition where exposure to certain proteins in food induces an abnormal and harmful immune reaction. Image Credit: Evan Lorne / Shutterstock.com The immune system mistakes the proteins, referred to as allergens, for harmful invaders and launches an attack that can result in mild symptoms such as hives on the skin, […]
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. ERAXIS® anidulafungin Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about ERAXIS. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. All medicines have […]