ITS 2012 Report – Nutrition and gut immunity – Are we eating the enemy?
by Maria Dalby – It is possible to modulate the body’s immune system by altering the gut microbiota, simply by changing the diet.
by Maria Dalby – It is possible to modulate the body’s immune system by altering the gut microbiota, simply by changing the diet.
In the United States, one in 10 children suffers from asthma but the potential environmental factors contributing to the disease are not well known.
by Thomas R. Collins – Antibodies play diverse roles in the human body — they can be anti-inflammatory, they can modulate the immune system, and they can be protective… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – BOSTON — The transplantation community turned to a somewhat unlikely source for insight here as immunologist James Allison, PhD, Chairman of the Immunology Program… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from The Lancet – Young children with suspected serious bacterial infection treated with zinc and standard antibiotics have achieved a significantly reduced rat… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – Injection of regulatory T cells could prove to be a powerful method of inducing tolerance among liver transplantation patients,
Loyola researchers are reporting surprising findings about a molecule that helps ramp up the immune system in some cases and suppress it in others. The finding eventually could… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Miriam Manook et al, Guy’s Hospital, London. Adequate training of transplant surgeons is essential for good clinical outcomes. Although surgical… read more.
FDA Highlights – by Bruce Sylvester – The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can help prevent anal cancer in men, researchers reported in the October 27, 2011, issue… read more.
Taken from The Lancet – by Bruce Sylvester – A new evaluation of data from three trials of antiviral therapy to treat genital herpes (herpes simplex virus type… read more.
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