Articles related to immunology

Browse: Immune Phases Influence Depression	Browse: Persistant Inflammatory Response Leads to Dementia
Browse: Food Allergy Linked to Hyperactive Immune System at Birth	Browse: Immune Response Triggers Side-Effects to Common Drugs
Browse: A One-Shot Flu Jab for Life	Feature: What’s the Key to Chronic Fatigue? by: Donald Staines & Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik Chronic fatigue has a range of debilitating symptoms that have defied a pathological explanation. Now researchers are zeroing in on receptors with a role in the immune system.
Browse: Molecules Inhibit Cancer Metastasis and Multiple Sclerosis	Feature: Can Hookworms Cure Coeliac Disease? by: Paul Giacomin Coeliac disease patients infected with hookworms can tolerate gluten-containing foods, revealing the potential for these parasites and their secretions to treat a range of inflammatory diseases.
Browse: Protein Reverses Type 1 Diabetes by: Stephen Luntz The protein CD52 suppresses immune responses and could stop autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes, according to a report in Nature Immunology.	Browse: Immune Alarm Call Identified An international team of scientists has identified the biochemical key that wakes up the body’s immune cells and sends them into action against invading bacteria and fungi.
Cover Story: Is an End to AIDS in Sight? by: David Harrich & Kirsten MacGregor Gene therapy is showing promise as a way to turn HIV against itself and cure AIDS.	Browse: Herpes Remains Active Even without Symptoms
Browse: Immune Protein Role in Stress	Browse: Healthy Fat Reverses Diabetes
Browse: Immunotherapy Approach Tames Aggressive Cancer	Browse: Immune Response Raises Breast Cancer Hopes
Browse: Cocaine Addiction Blocked	Browse: Salt Unbalances the Immune System
Browse: Triple-Agent Cells Fight Tumours by: Stephen Luntz Immune cells that have been co-opted by tumours to assist their growth could be returned to a health-assisting role as a result of an Italian–Australian collaboration.	Browse: New Vaccine for Melanoma A trial vaccine is being touted as the most promising treatment to date for melanoma that has spread, with increased patient survival rates and improved ability to stop or reverse the cancer, according to a study published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.
Browse: Painkillers Less Effective for Irritable Bowel Syndrome	Browse: “Medicinal Food” Counters Onset of Juvenile Diabetes
Feature: Too Much of a Good Thing by: Claire L. Thompson & Markus J. Hofer Our immune system protects us from disease but can also cause harm. Sydney scientists are now trying to interfere with the immune signals that can provoke serious side-effects.	Browse: Lethal Bacteria’s Virulence a “Roll of the Dice”
Browse: The Origins of Pollen Allergens	Feature: How Hepatitis Escapes the Immune System by: Patrick Bertolino and David Bowen Recent discoveries about the unusual behaviour of immune cells in the liver could open the way to new strategies for transplantation and the treatment of viral hepatitis.
Feature: When the Immune System Forgets by: Hsei Di Law A mutation is revealing the basis behind an immunodeficiency syndrome that stifles the antibody response to vaccination.	Feature: Can Microbes Destroy Cancer? by: Alexander D. McLellan The efficiency of anti-cancer vaccines can be improved by exposing immune cells to harmless bacteria found in the throat.
Feature: Hitting the Brakes When Cells Get out of Control by: Hsei-Di Law By creating a “traffic jam” in the transport pathway of B cells, researchers have found a potential drug target to slow the proliferation of cancerous cells.	Feature: New Ways to Split a Headache by: James Swift, Jacinta Johnson & Paul Rolan Chronic headache is poorly understood and notoriously difficult to manage, but immune-targeted medications and electrical stimulation could provide fresh insight into the root cause and treatment of this debilitating condition.
Feature: Guardians of the Gut by: Lucille Rankin & Gabrielle Belz The appendix has long been considered an evolutionary relic but new evidence indicates it has an important role in our immune system.	Feature: Man flu is real, but women get more autoimmune diseases and allergies by: Gabrielle Belz and Cyril Seillet Women have evolved to have stronger immunity than men. But this comes with downsides - women are more likely to have autoimmune diseases due to their "reactive" immune systems.
Feature: The Global Collapse of the Oncology Market by: Martin Ashdown A new approach to cancer treatment promises the use of fewer drugs and shorter treatment periods, leading to a “big short” of stocks that profit from oncology.	Feature: The Rogue Molecule That Triggers Autoimmunity by: Benjamin Kile, Kate McArthur & Tahnee Saunders Mitochondrial DNA has been implicated in diseases such as arthritis, but how it escapes from inside the mitochondria and triggers these disorders has remained a mystery. Now Australian scientists have captured video evidence of mtDNA escaping for the first time.
Browse: Antibiotic Resistance in Wallabies by: Stephen Luntz Brushtail rock wallabies bred in captivity carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their guts while their wild counterparts do not, a study in PLOS One has revealed.	Browse: Immune Cells Trigger Eczema by: Stephen Luntz A newly identified type of immune cell in the skin appears to help fight off parasites, but may also be responsible for eczema when it triggers wrongly.
Browse: New Use for Death Protein by: Stephen Luntz The involvement of a protein in the body’s back-up mechanism for cell death makes it a target for drugs against a wide variety of diseases.	Browse: An Atlas for Immune Cells in Skin
Browse: Bone Marrow Transplant Complications Blocked	Browse: Whooping Cough Upsurge Is Due to Weaker Vaccine
Browse: Blocked Bacteria Protects Against Stomach Cancer	Browse: Natural Antibodies Could Combat Tasmanian Devil Cancer
Browse: Two Clocks Tell T Cells When Their Time’s Up	Browse: A Sprinkle of Microbes on Cereal Could Suppress Allergies
Browse: Rogue Molecules Trigger Autoimmunity	Browse: Epigenetic Mechanism of Crop Immunity Identified
Up Close: Infected: How HIV works at the cellular level to overwhelm the immune system by: Shane Huntington Infectious diseases expert Prof Sharon Lewin explains how the HIV virus disarms our immune system and multiplies within it. She also discusses what these discoveries mean for research efforts into future treatment.	Online Feature: 'Dead' gene comes to life and puts chill on inflammation Discovery may explain how anti-inflammatory steroid drugs work, leading to entirely new classes of anti-inflammatory treatments without some of the side effect of steroids.
Online Feature: Global Immunisation Constrained by Outdated Vaccine Delivery Systems

Immune cells that have been co-opted by tumours to assist their growth could be returned to a health-assisting role as a result of an Italian–Australian collaboration.