Research
Immune System Boosting
Part 1
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This
section of the research actually covers a variety of
subjects about immunity:
Article
20: A Crucial
Protein Prevents Miscarriages In Mice
A mother's immune system must be kept in check so that
it does not attack her baby which contains foreign genetic
material. (Actually, this article is more about suppressing
the immune system than it is about ways to boost the
immune system)...
Article
19: Progress
Toward A Vaccine To Fight Cocaine Addiction Is Reported
Kim D. Janda, Ph.D. has found a potential vaccine against
the addictive effects of cocaine. Dr. Janda said he
has induced the immune system to create specific antibodies
that attack the cocaine molecule and keep it from reaching
its target, the central nervous system...
Article
18: Red Wine Can Help
Maintain Immune System, UF Researcher Finds
Unlike many other alcoholic beverages, red wine does
not suppress immunity. It aids in the prevention of
coronary heart disease but it does not seem to either
boost or weaken the immune system...
Article
17: UT Southwestern
Researchers Engineer Cells That May Hold Key To Treating
Inflammatory Diseases
Researchers have converted specialized cells that normally
trigger an immunity response into cells that trigger
cell death. This research involved the molecular engineering
of cells in mice - a procedure that could eventually
lead to the prevention and treatment of inflammatory
diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis...
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Article
16: National Jewish Researchers
First To Identify Component In Thymus Positively Selects T Cells
Researchers
at National Jewish Medical and Research Center have identified
what T cells "see" in a normal thymus that controls
the development of functional or immune-system aggressive T cells.
In the future, this research may help people who have cancer and
thus need help with their immune system...
Article
15: DNA-Based Cancer
Vaccine Shows Promise To Successfully Treat Melanoma In Mice
Over
the past decade, knowledge about how strengthening the immune
system can be used to fight cancer has greatly increased. Now,
scientists have shown that a new DNA-based vaccine can successfully
treat the deadly skin cancer, melanoma, in mice...
Article
14: Hopkins Study Shows
New Target For Strengthening The Immune System To Improve Cancer
Vaccines
Scientists have long known that it is possible to activate immune
cells to recognize molecules found on tumor cells. Over time,
the ability of the immune system to respond to cancer cells diminishes.
In the current research, the Hopkins team, working with genetically
engineered mice, used an antibody to a molecule found on the surface
of so-called antigen presenting cells (or APCs) to restore the
ability of the immune system to respond...
Article
13: Very-Low-Fat Diet May Compromise
Immune Function, Increase Infection Rate In Trained Runners, UB
Study Finds
Trained runners who severely limit the amount of fat in their
diets may be suppressing their immune system, and increasing their
susceptibility to infections and inflammation. Jaya T. Venkatraman,
Ph.D., reported that running 40 miles per week on a diet composed
of approximately 17 percent fat compromised the runners' immune
response...
Article
12: Researchers Engineer A Way
To Improve T-Cell Receptors
Scientists have come up with a way to improve the properties of
T-cell receptors, and potentially other proteins. Their success
opens the door for utilizing a virtually untapped portion of the
immune system to fight a variety of autoimmune and viral diseases...
Article
11: Master Switch May Help Cancer Cells
Hide From Immune System A
newly discovered gene mutation that works like a master switch may
enable tumor cells to evade destruction by the immune system. Boosting
the immune system by turning the gene back on in cancer cells might
make tumors more recognizable and therefore more subject to destruction
by the body...
Article
10: UNM Health Sciences Center
Researchers Develop Method of Boosting the Immune System Response
Against Cancer And Infectious Diseases
Researchers at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
have developed a one-step immune system boosting program to create
patient-specific vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases...
Article
9: Recombinant Protein Immunizes
Mice, Promises New Strategy Against Infection And Cancer; Boosting
the Immune System
Solving a long-standing problem in vaccine development, scientists
have crafted a new way to deliver foreign proteins into the body such
that the immune system is primed to attack virus-infected cells and
cancer cells...
Article
8: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Of Wild Animals Are A Threat To Biodiversity And Human Health,
According To New Report
While emerging human diseases such as Ebola have grabbed headlines
in recent years, similar diseases in wildlife have been understudied.
"With a new wave of globalization on an unprecedented level,
we don't even know what the greatest threats are in terms of emerging
infectious diseases of wildlife," said Dr. Peter Daszak.
"The problem has largely been ignored by policy makers and
the threat that these wildlife pose to human, directly or indirectly,
should be taken far more seriously"...
Article
7: Researcher Finds Alternatives
To Antibiotics For Growing Chickens University
of Wisconsin-Madison animal scientist Mark Cook is finding ways farmers
can raise chickens economically with fewer antibiotics. Mark believes
the new tools and strategies will aid in boosting the immune system
of both the animals and the humans that eat them...
Article
6: MGH Study Shows Immune System
Can Control HIV A
research team from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has shown
that the majority of HIV-infected individuals who begin antiviral
therapy and thus boosting their immune system during the earliest
stages of their infection eventually can stop taking drugs and keep
the virus under control...
Article
5: Immune System Helps Prevent Tumors
After All Researchers
have obtained the first conclusive evidence that the immune system
helps prevent tumor formation. They discovered that white blood cells
called lymphocytes and a protein produced by immune cells work together
to find and eliminate tumor cells...
Article
4: UCSF Researchers Unravel Mystery
Of TB Infection; Findings Significant For Future Development Of
Vaccine M.
tuberculosis lodges in the macrophage cells of the immune system,
where infectious areas are sealed off in a kind of fibrous shell.
The mission of the macrophages is to kill off foreign invaders...
Article
3: Allergy-Producing Cells Are
Also "Do-Gooders," Helping Stave Off Infections Researchers
have discovered that mast cells, the same cells responsible for
allergy reactions, also recognize harmful bacteria. This finding
may lead to new methods of boosting the immune system particularly
in patients who need to be strengthened because their immune systems
are compromised during an organ transplant or HIV infection...
Article
2: Short Bursts of Stress May
Enhance Immune System Function For
years, researchers have found that chronic stress has negative
effects on the body. But a new study suggests that there may be
instances where short-term stress may help boost the immune system.
The study, which used mice, suggests that short periods of stress
- typically no longer than a few hours - may even be beneficial,
according to Firdaus Dhabhar...
Article
1: UCSD Researchers Determine
that DNA-Repair Enzyme Also Plays Critical Role in Innate Immunity
The
enzyme, called DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), has been
shown to be an essential element that protects the body from dangers.
Now that the enzyme's role is understood scientists may be able
to design a strategy to activate the body’s DNA repair when
needed...
