A blood test that can identify chronic pain has been developed by a team of Australian researchers. The test can identify color changes in immune cells affected by chronic pain and give doctors a new way to diagnose the severity of pain in patients unable to adequately communicate it.
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Rresearchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to retrain the immune system to ignore allergens by developing a nasal spray that vaccinates against peanut allergies, with promising results in mouse tests.
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Researchers have uncovered a new metabolic process involved in the immune system's inflammatory processes. Manipulating this mechanism could essentially "switch off" inflammation and enable the development of entirely new anti-inflammatory drugs to treat a host of auto-immune disorders.
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A growing body of research is suggesting that parasitic worms could in fact have a positive effect on our immune system. A new study is bolstering that hypothesis finding in animal experiments that a certain type of helminth infection can help lower obesity rates, even when fed a high-fat diet.
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The cure for cancer might have been inside us all along – our immune system. The trick of immunotherapy is to boost it to find and destroy those rogue cells. A new hydrogel has been developed that can be injected directly to the site of a tumor, slowly releasing immunotherapy drugs for longer.
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A study has discovered that a certain type of gut bacteria can migrate from the gut to other parts of the body, triggering autoimmune diseases. The research revealed that certain autoimmune conditions could potentially be treated with an antibiotic or vaccine that attacks the specific bacteria.
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A remarkable new study provides a novel insight into why tattoo ink stays so permanently in a person’s skin. Instead of being a static process, it was discovered that cells in the dermis are constantly dying and passing on the tattoo pigment to new cells so an inked design seems stable.
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A meta-analysis incorporating over 400 different studies has examined the effect of diet during pregnancy on a baby’s risk of developing allergies or eczema. The study concluded that a mother consuming fish oils or probiotics while pregnant can have positive effects on her baby’s well-being.
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New research into CAR-T cell therapy has revealed crucial mechanisms that could help the immunotherapy technique, which is currently only effective against blood cancers, be adapted for the treatment of brain tumors and other forms of solid cancers.
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Scientists understand that too much of a protein called mucin causes the lungs’ airways to close, triggering an asthma attack. Until now, the mechanism behind it was unknown. Researchers from Houston Methodist Research Institute believe the answer lies in how two molecules communicate.
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