Latest Immune system Stories
SEATTLE, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TapImmune Inc. (OTCBB: TPIV) is pleased to announce the January publication of a paper titled "Enzymatic Discovery of a HER-2/neu Epitope That Generates Cross-Reactive T-cells", authored by Henle et al, J.Immunol. (2013), 190, 479-488. This work, performed in the laboratory of Dr Keith Knutson at Mayo Clinic, describes the discovery of a novel HER-2/neu Class I epitope (p373-382) TapImmune has licensed from Mayo Clinic for the development of...
Helper cells of the immune system can switch to become killer cells in the gut The fate of mature T lymphocytes might be a lot more flexible than previously thought. New research from the RIKEN Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI) in Japan and La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LIAI) in the USA shows for the first time that mature CD4+ helper T lymphocytes can be re-programed to become killer-like CD8+ T lymphocytes and gain killing functions. The findings are reported...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Feelings of loneliness could be hazardous to your health, causing an immune system reaction similar to those associated with high stress levels, researchers from the Ohio State University (OSU) claim in a new study. Lead author Lisa Jaremka, a postdoctoral fellow at the OSU Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, and colleagues discovered that people who were more isolated demonstrated signs of elevated latent herpes virus...
A 48-week course of antiretroviral medication taken in the early stages of HIV infection slows the damage to the immune system and delays the need for long term treatment, according to research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, the delay was only marginally longer than the time already spent on treatment. The study, the largest clinical trial ever undertaken looking at treating people with recent HIV infection, also suggests that the treatment lowers the...
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (API), a public biopharmaceutical company (OTC BB: CTVN) that develops innovative targeted payload immunotherapeutics, announced that the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, PA has joined the Company's ongoing Phase I/II trial in newly diagnosed elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The trial is designed to establish the safety and efficacy of API's drug Actimab-A in AML...
A Kansas State University-led study has uncovered new information that helps scientists better understand the complex workings of cells in the innate immune system. The findings may also lead to new avenues in disease control and prevention. Philip Hardwidge, associate professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, was the study's principal investigator. He and colleagues looked at the relationship between a bacterial protein and the innate immune system -- a system of defensive cells...
MONROVIA, Calif., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xencor, Inc. today announced it has received a milestone payment from Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen R&D) resulting from the exercised option for the use of Xencor's Xtend(TM) half-life extension technology in a therapeutic antibody. This triggered a payment to Xencor under the terms of a technology license agreement that the company entered into with Janssen R&D (f/k/a Centocor Research & Development,...
CAMBRIDGE, England, January 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakthrough technology generates superior human single domain antibody VH fragments in a transgenic mouse Crescendo Biologics Limited (Crescendo) today announces the Crescendo Mouse, a breakthrough in antibody fragment technology which allows the efficient generation of high-quality fully human single domain antibody VH fragments from a transgenic mouse. VH fragments are...
SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, January 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cytos Biotechnology Ltd (SIX:CYTN) today announced an update on the Phase 2b clinical trial with its lead product candidate, CYT003, in allergic asthma. The clinical trial will recruit approximately 360 adult patients with moderate to severe allergic asthma not sufficiently controlled on current standard therapy. The study will be conducted at more than 90 centers in North America and Europe, and is expected to read out...
Understanding the Connection Between Stress and Hives Roslyn, NY (PRWEB) January 15, 2013 New studies currently underway may help pinpoint connections between chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives caused by an unknown source) and stress, good news for the majority of patients whose hives have no clear cause. Researchers are examining the connections between major life stressors and hives, post-traumatic stress disorder and hives, and the effect of hypnosis and relaxation techniques on...
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...
