News articles tagged with 'immune' (Page 94)
Bacterial extract sprayed into lungs ramps up innate immune system
— 3 Dec 2007 21:18 | BiologyA purified extract prepared from a common microbe and delivered to the lungs of laboratory mice in a spray set off a healthy immune response and provided powerful protection against…
Aerosol launches immune response in lungs to wipe out lethal infections
— 3 Dec 2007 19:20 | BiologyAn inhaled immune system stimulant protects mice against lethal pneumococcal pneumonia and other deadly bacterial, viral and fungal infections of the lungs, a research team led by scientists…
Lupus gene finding prompts call for more DNA samples
— 3 Dec 2007 08:46 | BiologyWellcome Trust researchers have identified a key gene involved in the disease Lupus, which affects around 50,000 people in the UK, mostly women. The lead researcher behind the study…
Blood stem cells fight invaders
— 2 Dec 2007 18:56 | BiologyNo other stem cell is more thoroughly understood than the blood, or hematopoietic, stem cell. These occasional and rare cells, scattered sparingly throughout the marrow and capable…
Agent that triggers immune response in plants uncovered
— 4 Oct 2007 18:00 | BiologyAlthough plants lack humans' T cells and other immune-function cells to signal and fight infection, scientists have known for more than 100 years that plants still somehow signal that…
Flies can turn off their immune response
— 4 Sep 2007 10:23 | BiologyThe immune response is actively turned on to target and destroy foreign infectious elements, but in the interests of self-preservation, it is just as important to turn the immune system…