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Antibody finds, wipes out prostate cancer: study - The Independent 30th December 2009
"US researchers have found an antibody that hunts down prostate cancer cells in mice and can destroy the killer disease even in an advanced stage, a study showed Monday."
Breakthrough 'could lead to drugs for currently incurable prostate cancer' - Daily Telegraph 29th October 2009
"Scientists have made a breakthrough which could lead to drugs to treat currently incurable prostate cancer."
Heart study targets immune cells in the arteries - BBC Health News 28th October 2009
"Scientists are to try to develop a treatment to target harmful immune cells in the arteries that are believed to trigger many heart attacks.
It is two decades since it was established a patient's immune system could produce the inflammation in the arteries that leads to an attack. "
Two brothers diagnosed with rare 'Nemo' condition - Daily Telegraph 20th October 2009
"Two brothers are believed to be the only siblings in the world to be diagnosed with an extremely rare condition life-threatening condition, their mother said. "
Binge drinking ups infection risk - BBC Health News 18th September 2009
Going on a drinking binge could leave you wide open to infections, as well as hangovers, work suggests.
Drinking copious amounts of alcohol in one session scuppers the immune system by knocking out proteins essential for fighting off bacteria and viruses.
Binge drinking weakens immune system - Daily Telegrpah 18th September 2009
Binge-drinking weakens the body's ability to fight off infections for at least 24 hours, research has shown.
New hope for cancer cure after scientists identify gene that switches on disease-fighting blood cells - Daily Telegraph 14th September 2009
Scientists may have found the key to curing cancer after identifying the gene that switches on disease-fighting "Natural Killer" blood cells.
Found, master gene that can kill cancer - Daily Mail 14th September 2009
A 'masterswitch' in the body's battle against cancer has been identified by British scientists, raising hope of new treatments.
The key gene triggers the production of blood cells capable of fighting - and killing - tumour cells.
Key gene 'controls disease fight' - BBC Health News 13th September 2009
A master gene that helps mobilise the immune system to fight disease has been discovered by UK scientists.\n\nIt causes stem cells in the blood to become disease-fighting "Natural Killer" (NK) immune cells.
Antibiotic resistance clue found - BBC Health News 13th September 2009
US scientists have uncovered a defence mechanism in bacteria that allows them to fend off the threat of antibiotics.
It is hoped the findings could help researchers boost the effectiveness of existing treatments.
Nursery school does not protect against allergies and asthma: research - Daily Telegraph 8th September 2009
Taking children to day care and nursery does not help them to build immunity against asthma and allergies, Dutch research has found.
Infection-allergy link questioned - BBC Health News 8th September 2009
The notion of exposing young children to infections in a bid to protect them from later allergies is wrong, latest research suggests.
The decades-old "hygiene hypothesis" holds that early exposure to microbes somehow challenges the immune system and strengthens it against allergies.
New hope for Aids vaccine as scientists find 'Achilles heel' - The Times 4th September 2009
The search for an HIV vaccine has taken a major step forward with the discovery of a potential Achilles heel of the virus that causes Aids.
Two powerful antibodies that attack a vulnerable spot common to many strains of HIV have been identified, improving the prospects for a vaccine against a virus that affects an estimated 33 million people and kills over 2 million each year.
Teflon-coated cells that could beat diabetes - Daily Mail 31st August 2009
Teflon, the chemical used to coat non- stick pans, could hold the secret to beating diabetes. Scientists have invented a tiny implant covered in a Teflon coating that contains transplanted insulin-producing cells.
The non-stick surface of the implant stops immune system cells from attacking and destroying what it sees as foreign tissue. In effect, it seems to 'hide' the donor cells from the body's defence system.
Elderly skin 'raises cancer risk' - BBC Health News 29th August 2009
Older people are more at risk of skin cancer and infection because their skin is unable to mobilise the immune system to defend itself, UK research suggests.
It contradicts previous thinking that defects in a type of immune cell called a T cell were responsible for waning immunity with age.
How flesh bug fools immune system - BBC Health News 25th August 2009
Scientists have shown how flesh-eating parasites responsible for the disfiguring tropical disease leishmaniasis dupe the immune system.
The parasites produce a gel which the latest study shows can fool specialised immune cells into feeding rather than killing them.
Measles powder could soon replace vaccine jabs for children - Daily Mail 18th July 2009
A new needle-free measles vaccine with the potential to save thousands of children's lives will soon be tested on patients.
The revolutionary vaccine uses an inhalable dry powder to administer a weakened measles virus to the lungs.
Stem cell treatment gives hope to Crohn's disease sufferers - The Guardian 23rd June 2009
Sufferers from the debilitating bowel condition Crohn's disease may be cured using a groundbreaking stem cell treatment, according to the British doctor leading the research.
Initial findings from the world's first controlled trial of the procedure have raised hopes that it could banish the disease's symptoms for many years in up to half of the patients who undergo it.
Natural bleach 'key to healing' - BBC Health News 6th June 2009
A natural bleach produced by the body appears to play a key role in marshalling the immune system to fight off infection and heal wounds.
US scientists, working on zebrafish, which have similar genes to humans, found a burst of hydrogen peroxide is released following a tissue injury.
Meningitis bacteria 'masquerade as human cells to evade body's defences' - The Telegraph 18th February 2009
Meningitis bacteria masquerade as human cells to evade our body's defences, a new study shows.
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