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T cell - Lymphocytes which pass through the thymus gland during maturation. Different kinds of T cells play important roles in the immune response. Synonym: T lymphocyte. [FAO]

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Hep C vaccine shows promise  -  21 Aug 2007
BiopharmaReporter.com,It is designed to stimulate T-cell responses against HCV protein structures and reduce viral load. Intercell said that the first data to be analysed from

In hunt for HIV vaccine, focus shifts to stopping transmission  -  21 Aug 2007
Seattle Times,A T-cell vaccine wouldn't necessarily protect someone from becoming HIV-positive, but it would suppress the infection to delay full-blown AIDS and to

FreshPlaza: Global Fresh Produce and Banana News  -  21 Aug 2007
FreshPlaza,..."An important type of T cell, called aT killer cell, can directly kill certain tumor cells, virally infected cells and sometimes parasites.

Genocea Biosciences Appoints Adel Mahmoud and Robert Finberg to ...  -  21 Aug 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Dr. Finberg trained in Immunology with Baruj Benacerraf at Harvard Medical School and is an expert on T-cell responses to viruses and bacteria.

Genes Identify Renal Graft Tolerant Patients  -  21 Aug 2007
MedPage Today,...appears to be related to a pattern of reduced costimulatory signaling, immune quiescence, apoptosis, and memory T-cell responses, the authors wrote.

Neuvenge: New hope for breast cancer patient  -  21 Aug 2007
Newstrack India,He said "The T-cell responses seen in these patients and the prolonged disease stabilization in the absence of other anti-cancer therapies in many patients

Broccoli may help improve immune system  -  21 Aug 2007
DailyIndia.com,An important type of T cell, called aT killer cell, can directly kill certain tumor cells, virally infected cells and sometimes parasites.

CD20 Positive T-cell Lymphoma/Leukemia: A Rare Entity with ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science (subscription),Mature T-cell neoplasms are relatively uncommon, accounting for approximately 10% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas.This category of hematopoietic neoplasms is

Allos Therapeutics Initiates Study of PDX in Patients with ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
CNNMoney.com..."Based on our experience with PDX in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma, we're excited to initiate this study in patients with cutaneous T- cell

Killer T Cell Treatment Helps Against Cancers in Transplant Patients  -  Aug 17, 2007
MedIndia,Our results are encouraging and show that T cell therapy could present a safe alternative treatment for the disease."

Killer T cell treatment shows promise against cancers in ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
SpiritIndia,Our results are encouraging and show that T cell therapy could present a safe alternative treatment for the disease." The findings of a smaller study using

Intercell’s Therapeutic Hepatitis C Vaccine Meets Primary ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The vaccine comprises eight T-cell antigens and Intercell’s first-generation poly-arginine adjuvant (IC30). It is designed to stimulate T-cell responses

euro adhoc: Intercell AG / other / Intercell´s therapeutic ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
euro adhoc (Pressemitteilung),The vaccine comprises eight T-cell antigens and Intercell´s first-generation poly-arginine adjuvant (IC30). It is designed to stimulate T-cell responses

T cell treatment may help cancer patients  -  Aug 15, 2007
OnMedica,Transplant patients with a particular form of cancer can benefit from being injected with healthy blood cells, according to a Cancer Research UK study

Allos Therapeutics Initiates Study Of PDX In Patients With ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
RTT News,...novel antifolate PDX or pralatrexate with vitamin B12 and folic acid supplementation in patients with relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

Opexa Therapeutics Receives European Patent Notification for T ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Oxfordshire Bioscience Network (press release),The European patent application is related to a unique method-specific approach for generating a T-cell vaccine that attacks what is believed to be the

Class Action Lawsuit Over AT&T Cell Phone Service To Proceed  -  Aug 17, 2007
CNNMoney.comSAN FRANCISCO (AP)--A lawsuit alleging that AT&T Inc.'s (T) cell phone customers received inferior service after the company's wireless division was sold to

Drew's amazing fightback  -  Aug 17, 2007
Belfast Telegraph,The study found that 64% of patients were responding well to the T cell treatment five weeks after being given it. After six months, the response rate was

Study: Death proteins have vital function  -  Aug 13, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Protein Essential For Switching On T-Cell Response (June 18, 2002) -- A minor change in a cell protein impairs the ability of a key type of

Key HIV Protein Makes Cell Membranes Bend More Easily  -  Jul 25, 2007
Science Daily (press release)In the case of HIV, a molecule called gp120 initially helps the virus lock onto its host T cell, a cell critical for maintaining immunity.

Pro-death Proteins Required To Regulate Healthy Immune Function ...  -  Aug 10, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Activation of T-cell receptors on the surface of lymphocytes by foreign antigens initiate a calcium-mediated signaling pathway that ends in cell

SLAT protein is involved in T cell development and function  -  Jul 27, 2007
SpiritIndia,...their ability to further differentiate. These data suggest that SLAT plays an important role in fundamental aspects of T cell development and physiology.

Cancer team in blood cells breakthrough  -  Aug 15, 2007
Scotsman,Medical School in London, said: "Our results are encouraging and show that T cell therapy could present a safe alternative treatment for the disease."

HIV positive Marianne born to be alive  -  Aug 5, 2007
Melbourne Herald Sun,On the upside, my T-cell count was so high that my specialist saw no need for medication, as the virus could linger for years before attacking.

Dendreon Announces Publication of Phase 1 Study Highlighting ...  -  Aug 17, 2007
CNNMoney.com..."In addition to demonstrating that NEUVENGE was safe and well tolerated, the T-cell responses seen in these patients and the prolonged disease stabilization

Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. to Present Data on Alzheimer's ...  -  Aug 20, 2007
CNNMoney.com...result of the memory imprint created by tetanus toxoid without the danger of contamination from potentially harmful human beta-amyloid T-cell epitopes.

Parish of cancer  -  Aug 16, 2007
ANU Reporter,As Parish investigated T-cell immunity further in these early days his research began to split into two paths as his detailed molecular studies provided

FAQ: The 411 on radio frequency interference  -  Jul 27, 2007
CNET News.com,If this is such a common problem, why don't cell phone manufacturers or the Federal Communications Commission do something about it?

Immune System 'Escape Hatch' Gives Cancer Cells Traction  -  Aug 6, 2007
Johns Hopkins Gazette,The good news, the scientists say, is that their experiments also suggest that the chain reactions in T-cell tolerance are reversible,

Opexa Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  Aug 14, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The Company is focused on autologous cellular therapy applications of its proprietary T-cell and stem cell therapies. The Company's lead product, Tovaxin,

Clinical setbacks for toll-like receptor 9 agonists in cancer  -  Aug 2, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),TLR9 agonists, for example, activate plasmacytoid dendritic cells to trigger both innate immune defenses and antigen-specific T-cell responses.

Full Text  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)Owing to recent technological advances, some of the most imposing questions regarding effector and memory T cell differentiation are now becoming

Allos Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  Aug 7, 2007
CNNMoney.com..."Thanks to support from leading oncologists and patient advocacy groups, PROPEL, our pivotal Phase 2 trial of PDX in patients with peripheral T-cell

How does HIV cause AIDS?  -  Aug 2, 2007
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,Levels of T cell activation can be measured in various ways and scientists such as Dr Joseph Kovacs at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH),

IAS: Aging with HIV - are cancer, heart disease, dementia the new ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
Aidsmap,T-cells do not have to be activated by a viral antigen (via a T-cell receptor) in order to divide, they can be activated by a bystander mechanism.

Mohammed beats cancer after pioneering treatment  -  Aug 16, 2007
Checkbiotech.org (press release),..."Doctors told us the new T cell treatment would boost his immune system and would have no side effects and the T cells don't attack any other organs," said

Full Text  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)For example, T cell receptor expression is activated at the double negative (DN) stage and is maintained at subsequent stages of T cell differentiation,

Cameron Diaz In A Thriller? A Look At 'The Box' That Could Change ...  -  Aug 17, 2007
MTV.com..."In 1976 there wasn't the Internet; there weren't cell phones and Blackberrys." The flick starts production in November in Kelly's hometown of Richmond,

Full Text  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)When work on the MHCII system was beginning, it was appreciated that the concentration of antigen required to elicit a CD4 T cell response was small,

Promising Treatment Target Found In Hodgkin Lymphoma  -  Jul 30, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...which normally control allergic responses, and T regulatory (Treg) cells that suppress other T-cell types and shut down an immune response when the job

Full Text  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)From this, exciting possibilities are emerging for the manipulation of regulatory T cell pathways in treating immunological diseases and suppressing or

New AIDS Drug Brings Hope to Patients  -  Aug 7, 2007
KLAS-TV,This blocks one of those portals so the AIDS virus can't join itself to the human t-cell," said Dr. Cade. Dr. Cade says a diagnostic test has been developed

Cell Genesys’ GVAX: A Multi-Trick Pony  -  Jul 30, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Just like the other phase II trials of GVAX as mono-therapy, there was clear evidence of immunologic stimulation like enhanced T cell activity and

CuraGen Provides Update on Velafermin, Belinostat and CR011-vcMMAE ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
CNNMoney.comWe have reported positive preliminary safety and efficacy data from three indications including single agent activity against peripheral T-cell lymphoma and

Cell Genesys Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results  -  Aug 7, 2007
CNNMoney.comImmunomonitoring studies showed that the combination therapy enhanced T cell and dendritic cell activity, which was more pronounced at the higher dose

Regulation of Homeostatic Chemokine Expression and Cell ...  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)As a consequence, priming of T cell responses to a second distinct pathogen after chemokine modulation became impaired. We propose that this transient

Elevated Immune Protein May Identify High-Risk Prostate Cancer  -  Aug 15, 2007
MedPage Today,The B7 family of proteins interacts with various receptors to regulate T-cell activation and function. The authors speculated that B7-H3 might inhibit

Cost-Effective Method For Gene Silencing Is Featured In Cold ...  -  Aug 3, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Fetal thymus organ culture is the only system available for studying the complete program of T-cell maturation in vitro, and the protocol will be useful to

Genmab gains milestone and antibody  -  Aug 14, 2007
BiopharmaReporter.com,Potential applications include organ transplant rejection, graft versus host disease, T-cell leukaemia, Hodgkin's disease, and autoimmune diseases.

DNA vaccine could help MS sufferers: study  -  Aug 13, 2007
CTV.ca,..."The antigen-specific therapy says if we knew which specific T-cells, which particular T-cell receptors are involved in causing the disease, and if we were




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