Oct 9 : Poorer countries might soon have an easy access to cervical cancer vaccine, for two companies that manufacture the vaccine have promised to provide it at a reduced cost to these countries.

October 2 : Scientists at Ohio State University have discovered an association between increased levels of two immune system proteins that are essential for inflammation and a latent

Oct 1 : A study on mice conducted by Duke University Medical Center researchers has revealed that inhaled ozone impairs the body’s first line of defence, making it more vulnerable to ensuing foreign invaders like bacteria.

Sept 22 : A new study has suggested that a sudden loss of T cells (white blood cells that provide continuing immunity to infection) is not the trigger for the progression of AIDS.

Sept 20 (ANI): A team of researchers at Wake Forest University of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina have developed a new method in which immune cells from “cancer-resistant” people are to be injected into those with cancer to help fight the disease.

Sept 20 : A new research has revealed that childhood vaccination for the rubella virus can almost eradicate a chronic inflammatory eye disease called Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI).

September 19 : A new study on mice by an Emory-led team of scientists has found an important way by which chronic viral infections escape the immune response.

Sept 17 : A new study has revealed that hormone replacement therapy can provide relief to menopausal women who have nearly the double risk of developing respiratory diseases like asthma.

Sept 17 : A new research has revealed that a human peptide called LL37, when coupled with body’s own DNA, works as a natural antibiotic against invading microbes.

Sept 16 : A new report has summarised new developments in organ transplantation for patients with HIV.