Changes to the immune system remain many years after a hepatitis C infection heals, a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Hannover Medical School, Germany, shows. The findings, presented in Nature Communications, increases understanding about chronic infection and the way it regulates and impacts composition of the immune system. Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
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Exploring a novel bispecific technology engineered to fight a number of cancers
For patients with B-cell cancers like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that don’t respond to or relapse after chemotherapy, prognosis remains poor, and nearly half of patients will lose the fight against their disease.1 However, the field of cancer care is progressing rapidly, and additional options beyond chemotherapy have been made available to...
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Bacteriophages: Are they an overlooked driver of Parkinson’s disease?
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the New York-based Human Microbiology Institute have discovered the role certain bacteriophages may play in the onset of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The research is presented at ASM Microbe, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held from June 7th to June 11th in Atlanta, Georgia. The researchers, led by...
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Food allergies connected to children with autism spectrum disorder
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice as likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Wei Bao, assistant professor of epidemiology at the UI College of Public Health and the study’s...
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A ‘super’ receptor that helps kill HIV infected cells
While treatments for HIV mean that the disease is no longer largely fatal, the world still lacks a true therapy that can eradicate the virus across a globally—and genetically different—population. CD4+ T cells, or helper T cells, in HIV controllers can interact with various HLA class II molecules presenting the same “piece” of HIV. These...
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Gum disease may be a key initiator of rheumatoid arthritis related autoimmunity
The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrates increased levels of gum disease, and disease-causing bacteria, in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). “It has been shown that RA-associated antibodies, such as anti-citrullinated protein antibodies, are present well before any evidence of joint disease. This suggests...
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Gout in the elderly linked to higher risk of dementia
Results from a study including over 1.23 million Medicare beneficiaries EUROPEAN LEAGUE AGAINST RHEUMATISM The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest that gout is associated with a 17-20% higher risk of dementia in the elderly. Gout is a very common condition. It is caused by...
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Errors Trigger Retraction Of Study On Mediterranean Diet’s Heart Benefits
Ask just about anybody, and you’ll probably hear that a healthy diet is one full of fruits and vegetables, olive oil, nuts and fish — what’s called Mediterranean diet. A lot of research has suggested people who eat this way tend to be healthier, but it’s been harder to prove whether that is because of the...
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Why solvents can affect brain health even at low levels of exposure
The health effects associated with occupational exposure to solvents have long been recognised. But despite greater health and safety awareness in general, our research suggests that workers from some industries are still at risk. New research suggests that spray painters and panel beaters could be at higher risk of health effects through solvent exposure. Several studies have shown both...
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Exercise opposite side to keep casted limb strong
When you injure an arm, exercising the same healthy limb on the other side of the body may be key to maintaining strength and muscle size in the injured limb, a University of Saskatchewan study shows. Justin Andrushko (right) and Jonathan Farthing study new ways to maintain a strength of injured limbs. Credit: Amanda Davenport...