As soon as a baby is born, its immune system starts to change dramatically in response to the bacteria, viruses
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Modifying the major model of a modern major mouse model
If a new anti-cancer drug shows promise in a Petri dish, often the next step is to test the drug’s
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The medicine of the future against infection and inflammation?
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body’s own
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Experts say you should eat the skin of fruit and veg – even pineapples and kiwis
According to experts, it would seem that eating the skin of fruit and veg could help improve your mood, make
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Differences in immune responses create a genetic conflict between sexes
A unique study from Lund University in Sweden has discovered for the first time that there is a genetic sexual
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Maternal dengue immunity protects against fetal damage in mice following Zika infection: Cytotoxic T-cells mobilized by dengue infection may combat catastrophic effects of Zika infection
Dengue and Zika viruses are closely related and carried by mosquitos. In infested subtropical and tropical areas, dengue transmission often
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On-chip optical filter processes wide range of light wavelengths: Silicon-based system offers smaller, cheaper alternative to other ‘broadband’ filters; could improve a variety of photonic devices
MIT researchers have designed an optical filter on a chip that can process optical signals from across an extremely wide
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Discovery reveals how obesity causes disease — and two ways to stop it: Finding points to new approaches to battling diabetes, other chronic conditions
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine explains why obesity causes harmful inflammation that can lead to
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Neural inflammation plays critical role in stress-induced depression
A group of Japanese researchers has discovered that neural inflammation caused by our innate immune system plays an unexpectedly important
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T cell engineering breakthrough sidesteps need for viruses in gene-editing: With faster, cheaper, more precise technique, authors say it’s ‘off to the races’ toward new cell therapies
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UC San Francisco scientists have genetically reprogrammed the
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