A novel way to count white blood cells without a blood test, simply by applying a small device on the fingertip, is being developed by a team of young bioengineers. The technology, that comb... Read more
Scientists have for the first time grown a complex, fully functional organ from scratch in a living animal by transplanting cells that were originally created in a laboratory. The advance co... Read more
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed and tested a vaccine that triggered the growth of immune cell nodules within pancreatic tumors, essentially reprogramming... Read more
The technology means doctors could diagnose asthma even if their patients are not experiencing symptoms during their visit to the clinic. Using just a single drop of blood, a team of UW-Madi... Read more
British scientists have been able to fully restore an organ in a living animal for the first time – a breakthrough which may pave the way for the technique to be used in humans. The Sc... Read more
A novel approach that could dramatically slow down the spread of HIV by sexual contact A precisely designed macromolecule that mimics the binding of HIV to immune system cells could be used... Read more
Scientists in the US have developed a novel vaccination method that uses tiny gold particles to mimic a virus and carry specific proteins to the body’s specialist immune cells. The technique... Read more
Immune system can use melanoma’s own proteins to kill off cancer cells Though a small group of proteins, the family called Ras controls a large number of cellular functions, inc... Read more
A patient’s own white cells could be harvested and used to create personalized LLVs By cloaking nanoparticles in the membranes of white blood cells, scientists at The Methodist Hospita... Read more
Natural killer cells (or NK cells), as part of the body´s immune system, can effectively fight cancer. Unfortunately, they quickly lose their aggressiveness and hence are unable to reject so... Read more
La Jolla Institute Discovery Points Up This Possibility Researcher finds autoimmune response contributes to inflammation in the artery wall Most people probably know that heart disease remai... Read more
SCIENTISTS at the WA Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) have made exciting progress in their quest to help patients fight cancer using their body’s own immune system. The Pe... Read more
A compound that could pack an anti-leukemic punch A novel anti-leukemia compound with little toxicity successfully treated zebrafish with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), suggest... Read more
The drug stops the destructive cells migrating to the joints A drug that “blindfolds” white blood cells could provide a new way of treating rheumatoid arthritis, new research has... Read more
A pilot study suggests infrared analysis of white blood cells is a promising strategy for diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Spanish researchers, led by Pedro Carmona from the In... Read more