Mount Sinai researchers have published the first study to use single-cell analysis in identifying several pathophysiological mechanisms of abnormal passageways in the digestive system known as perianal fistulae, a common ...
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Researchers have found that children of women with HIV infection have an increased risk of immune abnormalities following exposure to maternal HIV viremia, immune dysfunction, and co-infections during pregnancy. The research ...
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The immune system in the intestine maintains a careful balance, tolerating our long-term resident (commensal) gut bacteria while defending against invading pathogens. Under certain circumstances, dysregulation of our intestinal ...
Apr 4, 2024
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Immunological memory—the ability to respond to a previously encountered antigen or foreign substance with greater speed and intensity on re-exposure is a hallmark of adaptive immunity.
Mar 20, 2024
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Living in neighborhoods with more white residents and greater lifetime experiences of racial discrimination are linked to increased systemic inflammation during pregnancy among Black women, according to new research led by ...
Mar 6, 2024
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The Wistar Institute's associate professor Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D., has demonstrated, with his lab and collaborators, a connection between viral damage to the gut and premature biological aging.
Feb 22, 2024
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Calorie-filled meals with little nutrition are suspected of having an impact on decision-making and of causing an overweight trap.
Feb 15, 2024
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Cells in the human body contain power-generating mitochondria, each with their own mtDNA—a unique set of genetic instructions entirely separate from the cell's nuclear DNA that mitochondria use to create life-giving energy. ...
Feb 8, 2024
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Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce inflammation, a potentially damaging side-effect of the body's immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases.
Jan 30, 2024
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A University of Alberta research team has uncovered differences in the way male and female mice develop and resolve chronic pain, pointing to potential pathways for future targeted treatments for humans.
Jan 24, 2024
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