Major immune cell discovery could protect against infection and disease
Researchers have cracked how a particular type of immune cell develops in the body and protects against infection and disease.
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JJ Shavit
- Apr 14
Does the blood donor's gender have an effect on recipient survival?
The study is the first of its kind to answer the longstanding question in transfusion medicine about the possible impact of donor gender.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 12
Breakthrough cancer treatment uses blood cells to destroy tumors
Scientists made a significant breakthrough in adoptive cell therapy (ACT), a promising immunotherapy tool to help treat advanced melanoma.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 1
Groundbreaking new device can detect and analyze cancer cells from blood samples
The Static Droplet Microfluidic device is able to rapidly detect circulating tumour cells that have broken away from a primary tumour.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 10
Researchers discover a completely natural way to stop your body from aging
The results from different statistical approaches reveal that epigenetic aging essentially stalls during hibernation.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 16, 2022
Groundbreaking therapy shown to reduce Alzheimer's effects by 80%
Compelling evidence suggests that the misfolding, aggregation, and cerebral deposition of amyloid-beta plays a central role in the disease.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 24, 2022
'Drug factory' beads eliminate advanced-stage cancers in a few days
Researchers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors with a treatment using cytokine “drug factory” implants.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 1, 2022
Machine learning generates highly-accurate diagnoses of elusive global killer -- Sepsis
Sepsis is difficult to diagnose and causes an estimated 20% of deaths globally and as many as 20 to 50% of U.S. hospital deaths each year.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 4, 2022
Novel blood stem cell research could change medicine of the future
Making stem cells from a patient’s adult cells – rather than human embryos – is one of the holy grails in modern medicine treatments.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 24, 2022
'Drug factory' beads eliminate advanced-stage cancers in just 6 days
Rice and Baylor University researchers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days.
JJ Shavit
- Jun 24, 2022
Eating fish protect our brains from air pollution, study finds
Two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or shellfish may provide enough omega-3 fatty acids to counteract the effects of air pollution
JJ Shavit
- Jun 18, 2022
Blood molecule shown to reduce food intake and obesity
Researchers identified a molecule in the blood that is produced during exercise and can effectively reduce food intake and obesity.
JJ Shavit
- Jun 16, 2022
How is blood formed? New research completely upends our past understanding
Using cellular “barcoding” in mice, a groundbreaking study finds that blood cells originate not from one type of mother cell, but two.
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