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WBC play key role in controlling RBC levels

Written by | 21 Mar 2013

Researchers have found that macrophages that play a key role in the immune response – also help to both produce and eliminate the body’s red blood cells (RBCs)…. read more.

Early HIV treatment delays immune system damage and cuts transmission risk

Written by | 13 Mar 2013

Taken from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) – by Bruce Sylvester – Forty-eight weeks of antiretroviral treatment in the early stages of HIV infection delays damage… read more.

Low birth weight not associated with asthma risk

Written by | 27 Feb 2013

New study helps understand who is at risk and why.  Asthma is a serious condition that affects more than 25.7 million Americans, and is responsible for nearly 4,000… read more.

Geographic factors can cause allergies, asthma

Written by | 27 Feb 2013

New study finds those living close to the equator are at higher risk.  Those living near the equator may find themselves sneezing and wheezing more than usual. And… read more.

Japanese team creates cancer-specific killer T cells from induced pluripotent stem cells

Written by | 11 Feb 2013

World Health Matters – Japan – by Eoghan McNeill – Researchers from the RIKEN Research Centre for Allergy and Immunology in Japan report today that they have succeeded… read more.

Children with egg allergies can safely receive flu vaccine, U-M study says

Written by | 24 Jan 2013

Egg allergic children did not have adverse reactions to single dose of influenza vaccine in multi-center study

Abuse during childhood linked to adult-onset asthma

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported suffering abuse before age 11 had a greater likelihood of… read more.

ASH 2012 Report – New research helps predict susceptibility to Burkitt lymphoma

Written by | 21 Dec 2012

New research, presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Haematology (ASH), has identified important associations between Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria and endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (eBL) that… read more.

ITS 2012 Report – Nutrition and gut immunity – Are we eating the enemy?

Written by | 5 Oct 2012

by Maria Dalby – It is possible to modulate the body’s immune system by altering the gut microbiota, simply by changing the diet.

Infants exposed to specific molds have higher asthma risk

Written by | 28 Sep 2012

In the United States, one in 10 children suffers from asthma but the potential environmental factors contributing to the disease are not well known.

ATC 2012 Report – Fc receptor crucial in the activity of antibodies

Written by | 21 Aug 2012

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.

ATC 2012 Report – Cancer expert sheds light on immune system

Written by | 21 Aug 2012

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.

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