Antibiotics found to cause immune system damage and reduce brain cell growth – ScienceAlert
Two new international studies have shed further light on some of the harmful side effects associated with antibiotics – including damage to the …
One person’s cancer can be fought using someone else’s immune cells
For the first time, scientists have shown that even if a patient’s own immune cells are incapable of recognising and attacking tumours, someone else’s …
Friendly bacteria tamp down the host immune response | Science Codex
Embed from Getty Images Pathogenic bacteria typically elicit a host immune response; however, each of us lives with millions of strains of friendly bacteria …
Critical immunotherapy target marks dysfunctional regulatory T cells in brain cancer | Science Codex
Immunotherapy represents an exciting advance in cancer treatment that harnesses the immune system to seek and destroy cancer cells. The programmed death 1 (PD-1) …
The list of cancers that can be treated by immunotherapy keeps growing – The Washington Post
Two new studies reveal inroads against rare and intractable tumors.In immunotherapy, T-cells from a cancer patient can be genetically engineered to be specific to …
Immune cells help the brain to self-heal after a stroke – ScienceBlog.com
After a stroke, there is inflammation in the damaged part of the brain. Until now, the inflammation has been seen as a negative consequence …