News articles tagged with 'lymphocyte' (Page 2)
Montreal researchers shed light on common juvenile cancer
— 17 Jun 2010 12:39 | HealthA team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Universite de Montreal have defined for the first time the mechanism behind three cancer-causing…
Making cancer killers
— 11 Jun 2010 11:00 | HealthA team of researchers has developed a method to produce cells that kill tumour cells in the lab and prevent tumours forming in mouse models of cancer. Although the current work is in…
Green tea extract appears to keep cancer in check in majority of CLL patients
— 7 Jun 2010 16:26 | HealthAn extract of green tea appears to have clinical activity with low toxicity in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) patients who used it in a phase II clinical trial, say researchers…
Conquering a severe complication of celiac disease
— 4 May 2010 14:29 | HealthOne severe complication of celiac disease is enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma, a high-grade invasive lymphoma with a very poor prognosis. Previous research has suggested that…
Study links liver transplantation to accelerated cellular ageing
— 30 Apr 2010 07:55 | HealthResearchers at the University of Cambridge found that liver transplant recipients develop premature immune senescence, the normal process by which the immune system ages and becomes…
New approach to immune cell analysis seen as first step to better distinguish health and disease
— 19 Mar 2010 14:28 | HealthInvestigators have developed a new mathematical approach to analyse molecular data derived from complex mixtures of immune cells. This approach, when combined with well-established…
Research sheds light on the inner workings of the inflammatory response to leishmaniasis
— 17 Mar 2010 13:22 | HealthThe secret world of inflammation is slowly being revealed by the application of advanced techniques in microscopy, as shown in a study published March 12 in the open-access journal…
Enzyme necessary for development of healthy immune system
— 23 Dec 2009 09:42 | HealthMice without the deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) enzyme have defects in their adaptive immune system, producing very low levels of both T and B lymphocytes, the major players involved in…
Study looks at using the immune system to reduce prostate cancer risk
— 24 Sep 2009 08:51 | HealthImmune therapies have been explored as a way to treat cancer after it develops. But a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre suggests that genetic risk…
Distinct set of white blood cells found to set the pace of wound repair
— 22 Sep 2009 10:59 | HealthAfter more than 50 experiments in mice, medical scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out the basic steps taken by a particular set of white blood cells in setting the pace of recovery…