6 tips for optimising antibiotic use
02 May, 2019Researchers from the University of Leicester have provided a set of recommendations about how to address the overuse of antibiotics in health care.
Peanut immunotherapy may be increasing allergic reactions
30 April, 2019Despite effectively inducing desensitisation in the clinic, oral immunotherapy for peanut allergies appears to considerably increase allergic and anaphylactic reactions.
Gut microbiome may influence HIV transmission in high-risk men
19 April, 2019Gut microbes from high HIV-risk men drive immune activation in mice and HIV infection in cells, according to a new study.
How does the gut microbiome help fight cancer?
12 April, 2019Scientists have confirmed that there is a link between the gut microbiome and the immune system's ability to fight cancer.
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09 April, 2019Lonza has introduced CellBio Services — a comprehensive portfolio of custom solutions designed to meet specific, individual research application needs.
'Copycat' fungus deceives the immune system
08 April, 2019Fungus can imitate signals from our immune system and prevent our body from responding to infection, new research has found.
Link found between childhood trauma, brain structure and depression
03 April, 2019Early trauma may affect the structure of the brain in a way that makes clinical depression more likely to be severe and recurrent.
Fear centre of the brain protects against illusions
29 March, 2019Impairment of the brain's amygdala makes people more susceptible to deception, allowing illusory perceptions to arise much faster and more pronounced.
Dormant viruses reactivate during spaceflight
27 March, 2019The latest research from NASA has revealed that herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of the crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.
Vital ingredient for blood vessel formation found
25 March, 2019The breakthrough offers a new direction for treating a host of serious conditions — from diabetes to stroke — and explains why other promising treatments have failed.
The science of sleep
12 March, 2019Two separate studies published in recent weeks have revealed how sleep strengthens the immune system and cleans the brain — so long as you get enough of it.
Weaker antibodies make elders more susceptible to flu
07 March, 2019The influenza vaccine may be less effective in the elderly because their B cells are less capable of producing antibodies that can adapt to protect against new viral strains.
Antibiotic resistance: adaptation, transmission and prevention
04 March, 2019Recent studies into antibiotic resistance have revealed how this phenomenon occurs in the first place, how it spreads between bacteria and how to stop it in its tracks.
$35m to fast-track rheumatic heart disease vaccine
27 February, 2019The new funding will enable the manufacture and testing of a number of Strep A vaccines currently being developed and fast-tracking of clinical trials in Australia.
Crohn's disease treatment could lie in patients' own cells
22 February, 2019UK researchers developed cells from Crohn's disease patients with a molecule called RAR568, which makes the cells behave more like cells from healthy people.
