Latest Immunology Stories
Innovative multiplexing instrument for clinical laboratories with simultaneous testing for greater than 90% of bacterial, viral, and parasitic causes of infectious gastroenteritis in a single molecular test now available AUSTIN, Texas, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced it has received U.S. FDA clearance of its MAGPIX instrument, with its xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (xTAG GPP). This is the first clinical assay to be...
ZURICH-SCHLIEREN, Switzerland, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Covagen today announced the expansion of its senior management team with the appointment of Elias Papatheodorou as chief business officer. He brings 20 years of work experience including 13 years in the life science sector with a track record of fundraising and collaborative agreements. Prior to joining Covagen, Mr. Papatheodorou was senior vice president business development and operations at Medigene where he led the...
The Gluten Free Society is now selling at-home testing for Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease. The testing is a mail-order product designed to provide accuracy and privacy. Malibu, California (PRWEB) April 14, 2013 The Gluten Free Society is selling an at-home test kit that has been designed to promote privacy and accuracy. The test can confirm or rule out Gluten Sensitivity and / or Celiac Disease. The test sells for $385 dollars (family discounts are available) and it provides real...
Increasing pollen counts mean increasing symptoms for allergy suffers along the Wasatch Front as the climate changes from winter to spring. Local pollen counts have shown an increasing number of Elm and Cottonwood tree pollen in the air. Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) April 12, 2013 Doctors at Allergy Associates of Utah have seen an increase in patients suffering with allergy-related illnesses as spring pollens rise. As the temperature increases trees are usually the first to pollenate. The...
Blocking a key protein boosts body's ability to clear chronic infection UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the April 12 edition of Science, the finding suggests new approaches to treating persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C. The research team studied type-1 interferons (IFN-1), proteins released by cells in response to disease-causing organisms...
The findings suggest a new approach to clearing infections from AIDS to hepatitis Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a counterintuitive finding that may lead to new ways to clear persistent infection that is the hallmark of such diseases as AIDS, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The study, reported in the April 12, 2013 issue of the journal Science, focused on the activity of the body's type 1 interferon (IFN-I) proteins. Since its discovery over 50 years ago,...
Heidi M. Hagen, a noted authority on Biotech Cell Manufacturing, Joins as Head of Global Operations Strategy NEW YORK, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- SOTIO a.s, a leader in cell therapy treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has added to their senior leadership team with the addition of Heidi M. Hagen as Chief Operating Officer-US and Head of Global Operations Strategy. As the strategic advisor to SOTIO, Epsen Fuller Group completed the successful placement, which...
According to Ironclad Integrity Ltd MS natural treatments have become all the rage lately as these promise effective results, no side-effects and lower health care bills. The company has released via http://www.SclerosisTreatment.com reviews and price analysis for the most popular MS alternative therapies. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 Health organizations estimate there are about 400,000 Multiple Sclerosis patients in the United States today, but that number is certainly higher...
In a continued effort to modify and diversify its offerings, the newly branded DrSmartphoneMD launched the first in a series of supplemental articles discussing topics associated with avoidance of common allergens. Tampa Florida (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 In a continued effort to modify and diversify its offerings, the newly branded DrSmartphoneMD launched the first in a series of supplemental articles discussing topics associated with avoidance of common allergens. The series is intended to...
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...
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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...
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology is a medical journal established in 1929 as the Journal of Allergy. It is published by Elsevier. It obtained its current name in 1971. It is the official journal of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. This journal publishes timely clinical papers, instructive case reports, and detailed examinations of state-of-the-art equipment and techniques to clinical allergists, immunologists, dermatologists, internists, and other...
Clostridium tetani is a rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Clostridium. It's a gram-positive and resembles tennis rackets or drumsticks on a gram stain. It can be found as spores in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of animals. It produces a potent biological toxin which is the causative agent of tetanus. Ancient people recognized the relationship between wounds and fatal muscle spasms. Arthur Nicolaier isolated tetanus from soil bacteria. Antonie Carl and Giorgio Rattone...
The Cowpox virus causes a skin disease known as cowpox. It is related to the vaccinia virus and gained its name because it spread by dairymaids touching the udders of infected cows. It manifests as red blisters. It is similar to smallpox although much milder and was actually the basis of the first smallpox vaccine. A person who recovers from cowpox is immune to smallpox. In 1980 the World Health Organization announced that smallpox was the first disease to be eradicated world wide by a...
