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Nano-Sized 'Cargo Ships' to Destroy Tumors

Friday, September 12th, 2008 - 16:24:21 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the...

Nano Device Detects Immune System Signaling

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 - 16:23:35 - Anuradha Menon

Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over...

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Attacks Immune System

Friday, August 15th, 2008 - 10:03:21 - Anuradha Menon

'Flesh-eating' or 'Strep' bacteria are able to survive and spread in the body by degrading a key immune defense molecule, according to researchers at...

Human Blood Vessels in Mice

Monday, July 21st, 2008 - 14:17:49 - Ehud Rattner

For the first time, researchers have successfully grown functional human blood vessels in mice using cells from adult human donors — an important...

New Findings On Immune System In Amphibians

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 - 16:39:57 - Ehud Rattner

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes produce proteins that are crucial in fighting pathogen assault. Researchers from the Jagiellonian...

Measles Doesn't Work in the Way We Thought

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 - 20:58:40 - Ehud Rattner

The infectious romp that the measles virus takes through the body doesn’t need to involve the airways, as was previously thought. Instead, the virus...

Self-Assembled Materials Form Mini Stem Cell

Monday, March 31st, 2008 - 10:37:52 - Ehud Rattner

Imagine having one polymer and one small molecule that instantly assemble into a flexible but strong sac in which you can grow human stem cells...

Broccoli For A Better Immune System

Friday, March 14th, 2008 - 20:41:45 - Roni Barr

UCLA researchers have found that a chemical in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may hold a key to restoring the body's immunity, which...

Smart-Bombing Cancer
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 - Gadi Howard
Cancer therapy most commonly includes radiation and chemotherapy, procedures that themselves often lead to the death of...