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Why bad immunity genes survive: Study implicates arms race between genes and germs
University of Utah biologists found new evidence why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs – even though ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Growing up on a farm directly affects regulation of the immune system
Immunological diseases, such as eczema and asthma, are on the increase in westernised society and represent a major challenge for 21st century medicine. A new study has shown, for the first ...
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Researchers examine consequences of non-intervention for infectious disease in African great apes
Infectious disease has joined poaching and habitat loss as a major threat to the survival of African great apes as they have become restricted to ever-smaller populations. Despite the work of ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Contador given two-year drug ban
Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
Mon 6 Feb 12 from BBC News
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Researchers discover key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host.
Sun 5 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Domestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Domestic cats, wild bobcats and pumas that live in the same area share the same diseases.
Mon 6 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Combined approach to global health can save lives at lower cost
(Medical Xpress) -- The great paradox of global health efforts is that regions of the world most plagued by poverty, poor infrastructure and rampant disease are often the most difficult to support. ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Gay Marriage Decision Praised by Psychological Group
The American Psychological Association cheered today's 9th Circuit decision.
Tue 7 Feb 12 from Livescience
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HIV-infected youth, psychiatric symptoms and functional outcomes
A study of children and adolescents who had been infected perinatally (around the time of their birth) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) suggests little evidence of an association between ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Researchers indentify a cell-permeable peptide that inhibits hepatitis C
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a cell-permeable peptide that inhibits a hepatitis C virus protein and blocks viral replication, which can lead to ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Medical Xpress
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