Discovery of new vaccine approach for treatment of cancer

January 28, 2012 | By ScienceDaily: Immune System News In Immune System | Comments Off
Scientists have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. They developed a new approach for treating the disease based on manipulating the immune response to malignant tumors.

Discovery of new vaccine approach for treatment of cancer

January 28, 2012 | By ScienceDaily: Immune System News In Immune System | Comments Off
Scientists have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. They developed a new approach for treating the disease based on manipulating the immune response to malignant tumors.

Silk from tasar silkworm used as scaffold for heart tissue

January 28, 2012 | By ScienceDaily: Immune System News In Immune System | Comments Off
Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists are seeking to restore complete cardiac function with the help of artificial cardiac tissue. They have succeeded in loading cardiac muscle cells onto a three-dimensional scaffold, created using the silk produced by a tropical silkworm.

A leukemia drug kills cancerous T-cells while sparing normal immunity, study suggests

January 26, 2012 | By ScienceDaily: Immune System News In Immune System | Comments Off
Researchers report that low-dose Campath (alemtuzumab) not only treats patients with L-CTCL but does so without increasing their risk of infections.

Increased exposure to compound widely used in food packaging associated with reduced immune response to vaccinations for children

January 25, 2012 | By ScienceDaily: Immune System News In Immune System | Comments Off
Elevated exposures in children to perfluorinated compounds, which are widely used in manufacturing and food packaging, were associated with lower antibody responses to routine childhood immunizations, according to a new study.

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