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Video: Researchers Watch Type 1 Diabetes As It Unfolds, in Real Time
T Cells AttackingLa Jolla Institute for Allergy & ImmunologyThis image, captured from video, shows the T cells (purple dots) attacking the pancreatic islets (green images in center), which contain...
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A Mouse Made Just For You Will Model Your Medical Problems
Lab MouseWikimedia CommonsWhen you check in to a hospital in the future, along with checking your vitals and ordering a blood panel, your doctors may assign you a personal mouse. The immune-deficient...
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Scientists Outsmart the Immune System to Better Match People with Organs
HeartlessKevin Curtis/Getty ImagesIn the U.S., 3,200 patients are currently waiting for a donor heart. About 300 will die this year before receiving one.One of the most vexing problems that confronted...
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One Gene Lays The Blueprint for A Cheetah's Spots And A Tabby Cat's Stripes
Tabby CatsCourtesy Helmi FlickA mutation in Taqpep converts a "mackerel tabby" pattern (upper) to a "blotched tabby" pattern (lower).Anyone who's ever seen a cat knows how distinct he or she looks...
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How Football Hits Could Lead To An Immune Attack On The Brain
Head To HeadFrom the Centers of Disease Control and PreventionThere's plenty of evidence that repeated head hits in football—even if they don't quite cause concussions—are associated with neurological...
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How International Guidelines For Lab Mice May Interfere With Cancer Research
The Long-Suffering Lab MouseOak Ridge National LaboratoryGiven the choice, a mouse wouldn't keep his house at what's considered "room temperature" for people. Mice are smaller. They lose heat faster....
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Big Pic: A Fruit Fly Born In Outer Space
Space FlyDeborah Kimbrell/UC DavisThis fruit fly is covered with a fungal infection after a childhood in space compromised its immune system.This is a fruit fly, raised in space. Space was not directly...
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Why Testicles Are The Perfect Hiding Spot For Ebola
Ebola Virus ParticlesNIAID/FlickrOn March 20, a woman in Liberia was diagnosed with Ebola. It was a mysterious case, since it happened 30 days after the country’s last recorded occurrence of the virus,...
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People With Schizophrenia Have Different Throat Bacteria
A culture of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria, one of the types found in the studyVeeDunn via Flickr, CC by 2.0The colonies of bacteria living in our throats could indicate whether or not a person has...
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Tuberculosis' Game Of Hide And Tweak
A macrophage engulfs tuberculosis bacteriaTaken from Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology /Volker Brinkmann: http://www.mpg.de/496841/cooperation-new-tb-vaccine-2004If you’re looking for the...
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Implanted Sponges Soak Up Cancer Cells
Each tiny implant is 1/5 of an inch in diameter.University of Michigan EngineeringMetastatic cancer, or a cancer that spreads to other parts of the body, causes more than 90 percent of cancer deaths....
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Why Are Bats' Immune Systems Totally Different From Any Other Mammal’s?
The mastiff bat, found in Central and South AmericaMax Planck Institute for OrnithologyBats may be both ecologically and economically valuable, but they are also notorious for transmitting diseases...
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Who Is The Master Of Your Microbial Domain?
Who controls our microbial population? Bacteria or our immunity?Source: Wikipedia; Modifications: Jason TetroIt’s become something of a catchphrase: bacteria outnumber us ten to one. That in itself is...
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Your Immune System Gives Alien Cells A Molecular ‘Kiss Of Death’
The protein ubiquitin, in pink inside the box, surrounding a pathogen that causes chlamydia.Dr. Arun Haldar via EurekalertYour immune system is constantly on the lookout for pathogens trying to...
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Scientists Capture HIV Spreading Through The Body In Real Time
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)CDCScientists know a lot about HIV—how it's transmitted, the virus' life cycle, and where it likes to hang out in the body. But they haven't had a good...
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Could An Overactive Immune System Cause Schizophrenia?
Microglia (green) and neurons (red) in a mouse brainGerryShaw via Wikimedia CommonsThough schizophrenia was first recognized more than a century ago, scientists are still not sure what causes it. In...
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The Path To Immune Burnout
T-cells can face exhaustion during chronic viral infectionSource: NIHYou have to hand it to the immune system. The collection of specialized cells works endlessly throughout our lives to keep us safe....
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Hormone Boosts Immune Function And Might Extend Your Lifespan
Yale NewsDegenerated thymusAs you age, the thymus becomes fattier, limiting its ability to generate pathogen-hunting T cells.As we age, lots of things don’t work as well as they used to. The immune...
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Here’s Why Scientists Are Shocked By The Results Of This Cancer Treatment Trial
Fred Hutch News Service via EurekalertCAR-T cell immunotherapy treatmentThese two PET scans show a lymphoma patient before receiving the CAR-T cell treatment, left, and afterward, right. The arrow...
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Stress Could Be Destroying Your Brain — Here’s How
Fruzsina EördöghMouseThat's one stressed mouse.Long-term stress can have lots of effects on the body—it can cause chronic muscle tension, heart problems, and fertility issues in both men and women. Now...
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