Israeli scientists discovered that drinking soda alters the DNA of gut bacteria and affects the host immune system. The good news is that it’s reversible. Full Story By Israel News Network Group The consumption of soft drinks, supplemented with white sugar, alters the DNA of gut bacteria and affects the host immune system, according to the findings of a new …
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Scientists may be one step closer to a universal cancer vaccine that could revolutionize how the disease is treated. The vaccine uses mRNA, messenger RNA, the same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines, which carries instructions for cells to produce specific proteins. However, instead of directing cells to make a protein that triggers an immune response, researchers at the University of …
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Blindness, pneumonia, severe diarrhoea and even death – measles virus infections, especially in children, can have devastating consequences. Fortunately, we have a safe and effective defence. Measles vaccines are estimated to have averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000 and 2023. Yet despite this success, measles cases are rising sharply in the UK and around the world. This global …
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Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. In a new study, researchers have uncovered how exercise might help the immune system fight cancer: by changing the gut microbiome in a way that boosts production of a compound called formate. This microbial byproduct, the study shows, plays a key role in helping immune cells slow tumor growth—at least in mice. The study, published in Cell, …
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Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Scientists have revealed how certain immune cells may be quietly helping prostate cancer grow—and how blocking them could help the body fight back. The study in Molecular Cancer Research identifies a group of cells called macrophages that, instead of protecting the body, appear to shield …
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Summary: New research has identified the gene Egr-1 as a critical regulator of immune balance, offering hope for autoimmune disease therapies. In a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, loss of Egr-1 led to reduced regulatory T cell activity and heightened inflammation. The study showed Egr-1 directly boosts the expression of Foxp3, a protein essential for Treg cells, via the TGF-β …
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