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Protein that Keeps Immune System from Freaking Out Could Form Basis for New Therapeutics

October 14, 2020 sarah Jonas Autoimmunity, BACTERIOLOGY, cytokine storm, IMMUNOLOGY/ALLERGIES/ASTHMA, Infectious Disease, Macrophages, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Sepsis

Treatment with a peptide that mimics the naturally occurring protein GIV prevents immune overreaction and supports a mechanism critical for survival in mouse models of sepsis and colitis, according to a UC San Diego study.

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Research News Tip Sheet: Story Ideas from Johns Hopkins Medicine

June 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Bone Repair, Cannabis, Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Abuse, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Macrophages, Medical Cannabis, Mental Illness, Nerve Growth Factor, Pathology, psilocybin, Psychadelic, Ryan Vandrey

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Johns Hopkins Medicine Media Relations is focused on disseminating current, accurate and useful information to the public via the media. As part of that effort, we are distributing our “COVID-19 Tip Sheet: Story Ideas from Johns Hopkins” every Tuesday throughout the duration of the outbreak.

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Researchers Identify a Protein That Is Critical for Wound Healing after a Central Nervous System Injury

March 2, 2020 sarah Jonas CNS, Macrophages, Microglia, Wound Healing

after a Central Nervous System Injury

(New York – March 2, 2020) Plexin-B2, an axon guidance protein in the central nervous system (CNS), plays an important role in wound healing and neural repair following spinal cord injury (SCI), according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published today in Nature Neuroscience.

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UC San Diego Researchers Convert Pro-Tumor Macrophages into Cancer Killers

August 21, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cancer, Cell Biology, Drug Resistance, Macrophages

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified a new therapeutic approach in mouse models that halts drug resistance and cancer progression by using an antibody that induces the immune system via macrophages to seek and kill cancer cells.