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4 months ago

Is COVID-19 an antidote to cancer? New study offers surprising insights

Four years back, COVID-19 grappled the world and put it in a lockdown. Findings of the study: The study focused on the role that certain white blood cells, known as monocytes, play in the body’s defence against diseases and viruses. In cancer patients, monocytes can be hijacked by tumour cells and converted into cancer-friendly cells that also protect the tumours …

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4 months ago

Using the body’s own defences to fight cancer: new research offers a clue from COVID-19

The Hindu

Cancer, often called the “emperor of all maladies,” remains a formidable adversary despite decades of scientific progress. Cancer cells often reprogramme the body’s immune system to protect themselves from detection and destruction, much like a thief bribing a security guard to look the other way. Unlike regular monocytes, I-NCMs possess a unique receptor, CCR2, which acts like a specialised antenna …

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55 years, 2 months ago

The Long Covid Mystery Has a New Suspect

Wired

Wheezing after getting on the treadmill. But it appears a Covid infection can really mess up how these immune cells work—meaning they “can respond abnormally to subsequent events,” says Laurence Pearmain, a clinical lecturer at the University of Manchester and coauthor of the paper. These results, the scientists say, link abnormal monocytes with long Covid and lung injury—paving the way …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Intermittent fasting could increase risk of cancer, research finds

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers say the study, carried out in mice, is among the first to show that …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Covid19 triggers massive inflammation? Here's what the experts have to say

India TV News

US researchers have identified the reason why Covid-19 causes severe inflammation in some people, leading to acute respiratory distress and multi-organ damage. They found that SARS-CoV-2 can infect monocytes - immune cells in the blood that act as "sentinels" or early responders to infection - as well as macrophages, similar immune cells in the lungs. "In the infected patients, about …

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4 years, 2 months ago

New research may explain severe virus attacks on lungs

Hindustan Times

In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack. In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden describe how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases. This has been combined with a method to study gene activity in …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 May Damage Bone Marrow Immune Cells, Another Reinfection Reported, Says Report

News 18

Even bone marrow may not be a safe harbor from the ravages of Covid-19, according to a study that found previously unrecognized changes in newly produced immune cells, called monocytes, released into the blood from bone marrow. To learn more about how the body responds to Covid-19, researchers obtained serial “snapshots” of patients’ immune health by analyzing their immune cells …

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5 years, 11 months ago

Body mass index (BMI) plays significant role in progression of multiple sclerosis: Study

Hindustan Times

A recent study has identified a link between high levels of blood lipids and worsening of disease in multiple sclerosis patients who are overweight or obese. “Our study identifies important correlations between ceramide levels, body mass index, and disease progression in MS patients,” said Patrizia Casaccia, lead author of the study. As part of the study, researchers found that overweight …

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8 years, 7 months ago

Biologists determine how a protein can boosts immune system to fight against pneumonia

India TV News

Now a protein can boost immune system's ability to fight against pneumonia, claim researchers in a new study. "M-CSF has previously been shown to help make a type of immune cell, called monocytes, so my idea was that if you take it away, infected hosts just stop making monocytes and that's why they get sick, and it turned out that …

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12 years, 5 months ago

BCG: a vaccine for more than just TB