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Trio of Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Groundbreaking Discovery of Immune Cells That Prevent Autoimmune Disease
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi’s research revealed a new class of cells shaking up scientists’ understanding of the human immune system
Scientific breakthroughs in one disease don't always shed light on treating other diseases. But that's been the surprising journey of one Mayo Clinic research team. After identifying a sugar molecule that cancer cells use on their surfaces to hide from the ...
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New mechanism revealed: How leukemia cells trick the immune system
A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body’s immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism,
Borrowing a cancer cell’s disguise, scientists shielded insulin-producing cells from attack by the immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for targeted type 1 diabetes treatments without whole-body immunosuppression. There has been a lot of ...
Multicellular organisms are a mosaic of different cells, tissues, and systems, each with their own specific function and interactions with other cells within the organism and/or the larger environment. The cells of the immune system are the guardians of ...