News articles tagged with 'dendritic' (Page 5)
Brain chemistry ties anxiety and alcoholism
— 5 Mar 2008 13:54 | HealthDoctors may one day be able to control alcohol addiction by manipulating the molecular events in the brain that underlie anxiety associated with alcohol withdrawal, researchers at the…
Researchers discover novel way to develop tumour vaccines
— 3 Mar 2008 18:25 | HealthResearchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have uncovered a new way to develop more effective tumour vaccines by turning off the suppression function of regulatory T…
Gene therapy 'trains' immune system to destroy brain cancer cells and reverses behavioural deficits
— 20 Feb 2008 12:48 | HealthA new gene therapy approach that attracts and 'trains' immune system cells to destroy deadly brain cancer cells also provides long-term immunity, produces no significant adverse effects…
Researchers find cell protein that nips HIV in the bud
— 14 Jan 2008 17:41 | HealthUCLA researchers have found that a key protein in the body's dendritic cells can stop the virus that causes AIDS from 'budding' - part of the virus' life cycle that is crucial to its…
Molecular trip switch shuts down inflammatory response
— 13 Dec 2007 20:34 | BiologyLike a circuit breaker that prevents electrical wiring from overheating and bringing down the house, a tiny family of three molecules stops the immune system from mounting an out-of-control,…