11-02-2013

Can stem cells provide an answer to the perplexing question of how to ensure long-term survival of transplanted kidneys? The results of a new Phase 1 clinical trial say maybe so. Details of the trial, conducted by researchers at Leiden University Medical Center are published in the current ...

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Researchers show: Sophisticated transport system helps immune cells quickly detect infections

18-01-2013

"Danger!" signals TLR9, the molecular sensor, whenever it recognizes bacterial or viral genetic information, specifically DNA. Instantly, the immune system initiates the process of fighting off the infection. This initial protective mechanism is very fast because it focuses on recognition of ...

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Patent already granted in Europe

20-11-2012

Pevion Biotech AG announced the launch of a new program called Defensomes, a platform for broad spectrum immune enhancement via mechanisms of innate immunity. The proprietary technology is derived from a vaccine platform with a solid safety track record comprising more than 80 million doses ...

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04-10-2011

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided that the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shall be divided, with one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity and the other half to Ralph M. ...

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29-09-2011

For several decades, the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has been decimating frogs, yet some populations and species have been able to resist the fatal disease, called chytridiomycosis.Now, for the first time, researchers have identified a genetic mechanism in lowland ...

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07-04-2011

Over the last decade, vertebrate immunologists have debated the validity of two distinct models of how immune systems work. Now, a Cornell entomologist argues in Science that clues from insect immunity suggest that the two models may not be mutually exclusive and, in fact, may work in tandem ...

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22-03-2011

In analyzing malaria mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa, a Cornell-led team of researchers finds evidence of two very different evolutionary paths in the immune systems of neighboring mosquito groups.Genes in animal immune systems may evolve in one of two main ways in the constant fight against ...

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30-11-2010

A decade of refinements in marrow and stem cell transplantation to treat blood cancers significantly reduced the risk of treatment-related complications and death, according to an institutional self-analysis of transplant-patient outcomes conducted at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research ...

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19-11-2010

Lophius Biosciences announced that the USTPO has granted the U.S. Patent US 78293318 entitled “Use of urea-adjuvanted polypeptides for diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy“. This patent represents a key building block with respect to Lophius Biosciences T-cell based proprietary UREA technology ...

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29-09-2010

In addition to known antiviral agents such as antibodies and interferons, people also seem to have a similar immune system to that previously identified in plants. This is the result of research carried out by Esther Schnettler with which she hopes to obtain her doctorate at Wageningen ...

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