Home Search
immune - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Programming the Immune System to Kill Any Cancer – Trials Start in 2014
Training our immune systems to fight cancer has been an appealing prospect among scientists for decades.
Stanford researchers are on track to begin human trials...
In Girl’s Last Hope, Altered Immune Cells Beat Leukemia
It is hard to believe, but last spring Emma, then 6, was near death from leukemia. She had relapsed twice after chemotherapy, and doctors...
New Approach Could Treat MS, Other Autoimmune Diseases
Researchers trying to find a way to treat multiple sclerosis think they’ve come up with an approach that could not only help patients with...
New Cancer Treatment Destroys Non Targeted Tumors Using Immune System
For more than a century, scientists have been attempting to harness the immune system to fight cancer -- trying to get the antibodies and...
Scientists Retrain An Immune System to Kill Cancer, Leukemia is Now Gone
A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia and he had nothing to lose, William Ludwig signed up to be the first...
Cheese Boosts Immune System of the Elderly
Eating cheese boosts the immune system of older people, according to a new study by scientists in Finland.
Researchers found that cheese can act as...
Amish Gene Mutation Makes Them Immune to Heart Disease
After a dozen studies of the Amish over 15 years, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered a novel gene...
When Your Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons Grow and Heal 4x Faster, MIT Study Shows
There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good—strengthening muscles and bolstering our bones, blood vessels, and immune system—but now, MIT engineers have found...
Hope for Patients with Aggressive Breast Cancer: Vaccine Trial Results in 88% Survival Rate After 3 Years
Breast cancer patients have been given fresh hope after a new vaccine showed "promise" in treating an aggressive form of the disease.
The results came...
Study Raises Hopes of Treating Aggressive Cancers by Identifying Fragments of Rogue DNA
A breakthrough in understanding how and why some cancer tumors are particularly aggressive and non-responsive to treatments has placed blame on breakaway strands of...
Four Astronauts Returned to Earth After Unexpected 8 Months Stuck in Space
The astronauts who were stranded aboard the International Space Station have splashed down on Earth following their unexpected 8-month stay.
It wasn't quite Lost in Space—they...
The Medicinal Value of Chaga Mushrooms as a Nutraceutical for Good Health
In an updated review of the medicinal value of the Siberian native fungus called chaga, international researchers underscored the almost unbelievable value of this...
New Cervical Cancer Treatment Regime Shows ‘Biggest Gain in Survival Since 1999’
Targeting the fourth most common cancer in women globally, a new treatment regime combining chemo and chemoradiation therapy has reduced the rates of death...
Single-Dose Gene Therapy is Potentially Life-Changing for Adults with Hemophilia
Adults with hemophilia B saw their number of bleeding episodes drop by an average of 71 percent after a single infusion of gene therapy,...
In World First, Stem Cells Reverse Woman’s Type-1 Diabetes
“I can eat sugar now,” said a woman from Tianjing, China, who recently became the first human to have their type-1 diabetes cured through...
Ancient Mummies Reveal Precise Origins of Kefir in the Human Diet: New Study
The oldest traces of fermented dairy ever discovered were recently found in western China's Tarim Basin, dating back 3,600 years.
A DNA analysis shows that...
Lab-Grown Blood Stem Cells Could Replace Bone Marrow Donations for Transplants
A team of Australian researchers has developed a method to morph personalized stem cells into hematopoietic stem cells, something that would promise risk-free bone...
Your Next Vacation May Be a Lifesaver, Say Researchers Studying Travel, Aging and Health
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness.
As July and August come around...
Good News in History, September 4
Happy 62nd birthday to the Japanese Nobel laureate, Sinya Yamanaka, whose pioneering work in the science of stem cells led him to identify the...
FDA Approves Drug That Targets Brain Cancer Gene Mutation That Could Delay Need for Radiation and Chemotherapy
A new drug for a type of brain cancer, called IDH-mutant low-grade glioma, was approved this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—a...