Latest Immune system Stories
A potential new strategy to developing new drugs to control inflammation without serious side effects has been found by Georgia State University researchers and international colleagues. Jian-Dong Li, director of Georgia State's Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, and his team discovered that blocking a certain pathway involved in the biological process of inflammation will suppress it. Inhibiting a molecule called phosphodiesterase 4B, or PDE4B, suppresses inflammation by...
Inflamax Research Inc. today announced that it has been selected by Allergy Therapeutics (UK) Ltd. (ATL) (AGY:LSE), as the CRO to conduct ATL’s pivotal Phase III study for Grass MATAMPL product for US-FDA registration. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) April 09, 2013 The study will involve the location of mobile EEC at centers in three metropolitan areas in the US Midwest, US North East and in Canada, with several investigative sites at each node contributing subjects to the study. The screening and...
Newborn babies' immune system development and levels of vitamin D have been found to vary according to their month of birth, according to new research. The research, from scientists at Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Oxford, provides a potential biological basis as to why an individual's risk of developing the neurological condition multiple sclerosis (MS) is influenced by their month of birth. It also supports the need for further research into the potential...
BURLINGAME, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Igenica, Inc., an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of first-in-class antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced the appointment of Thi-Sau Migone, Ph.D., to the role of Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Migone brings wide-ranging experience in the discovery and development of novel therapeutic antibodies. Dr. Migone joins Igenica from Human Genome Sciences,...
Easy and Affordable, MyAllergyTest® is the Only At-Home Allergy Test; Provides Confidential Results for 10 Key Allergens and a Personalized Allergy Management Plan Based on Findings FOSTER CITY, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), more than 60 million Americans suffer from allergies. However, most people don't get tested for allergies, so they often do not know for certain what causes their allergies....
Ocular Surface Specialist Paul Karpecki, O.D. and Beauty Expert Polly Blitzer Offer Advice on How to Look and Feel Your Best This Allergy Season JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- During allergy season, many women find themselves reaching for tissues and wondering why they even bothered putting on eye makeup in the morning. According to nationally-recognized beauty expert Polly Blitzer, women often report that eye allergy symptoms like red, puffy eyes make them look...
Dr. Farooq Ashraf, an Atlanta LASIK Surgeon, offered tips for allergy sufferers in an interview posted to his blog. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 08, 2013 Dr. Farooq Ashraf, an Atlanta LASIK surgeon and ophthalmologist, was interviewed Monday about tips for allergy sufferers for pollen season. The interview can be found on the LASIK surgeon’s blog and includes tips for preventing and treating eye allergies and their symptoms. Ashraf says that preventing eye allergies before they arise is...
TSX Venture: QPT EDMONTON, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Quest PharmaTech Inc. (TSX-V: QPT) ("Quest" or the "Company"), a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cancer, announces that it has recently signed an exclusive license agreement with University of California at Los Angeles to develop and market anti-PSA IgE technology for the treatment of cancer. The technology was developed by Professor Manuel Penichet and Dr. Tracy...
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OriGene Technologies, Inc., a leading genome wide product company for research and diagnostic applications with operations in the United States and China, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all the assets of the Life Science business of SDIX(TM) (NASDAQ: SDIX), a leading provider of biotechnology-based products and services. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130408/DC90285LOGO) "We anticipate the...
Aluminum salts, or alum, have been injected into billions of people as an adjuvant to make vaccines more effective. No one knows, however, how they boost the immune response. In the March 19, 2013, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences researchers at National Jewish Health continue unraveling the mystery of adjuvants with a report that host DNA coats the alum adjuvant and induces two crucial cells to interact twice as long during the initial stimulation of the adaptive...
Latest Immune system Reference Libraries
The appendix is a dead-end tube like structure, ranging from 2 to 20 cm, that spans off the cecum of the colon. It is attached to the lower part of the large intestine. Formation and Orientation The appendix can be found in many mammals including marsupials, euarchontoglires (rodents) as wells as humans of course. It is also an organ that forms in the embryotic stage during pregnancy. McBurney’s Point, the point that is one-third the distance from infront and above the spinal cord...
A lymph node is an immune system organ that is widely distributed throughout various places in the body. There are about 500-600 nodes in an individual adult, with clusters of lymph nodes found in the underarms, groin, neck, chest, and abdomen. The lymphatic system as a whole is responsible for acting as the body’s primary mechanism of defense. Each node is oval-shaped, and measures between a few millimeters and a few centimeters long. They are linked to one another by lymphatic vessels and...
The thymus gland is an endocrine organ of the immune system located anteriolateral to the trachea and in between the lungs. Its primary function is to build T lymphocytes for the body’s immune system; therefore, it is most important during childhood and puberty, when it reaches its maximum size. After puberty, it will begin to atrophy and shrink in size. Old age generally brings about hypotrophy of the thymus. In children the thymus is grayish-pink in color and in adults it is yellow. On...
A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates inside the living cells of organisms. It is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Most are too small to be seen by anything but a microscope and they infect all organisms from animals to plants to bacteria. The first one discovered was the tobacco virus in 1898. Since then around 5,000 viruses have been described in detail although there are millions of different types. They are found in...
