Immune system

Sarcoma :: Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients

Hyperthermia, combined with chemotherapy, improves the chances of healing and survival of patients with low-lying, soft tissue sarcomas. At the Annual General Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, the GSF scientist Professor Dr. Rolf D. Issels, presented the results of the first, randomized worldwide phase III study in which the effectiveness and superiority of the combined-therapy methods are proven, in comparison with results from chemotherapy alone.

HIV :: Major breakthrough in understanding how HIV interferes with infected cell division

Dr. ?ric A. Cohen, a researcher at the IRCM (Institut de recherches cliniques de Montr?al), and his team will publish on Friday, July 13, in PLoS Pathogens a discovery that could lead to the development of a new class of drugs to combat HIV.

Hepatitis C :: Study finds variable drug sensitivity among hepatitis C viruses

Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading reason patients receive liver transplants today. Unfortunately, infection of the new liver by residual HCV in the blood is inevitable, and the immune system suppression crucial to prevent transplant rejection can worsen HCV-mediated disease in transplant patients.

Sarcoma :: Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients

HIV :: Major breakthrough in understanding how HIV interferes with infected cell division

Hepatitis C :: Study finds variable drug sensitivity among hepatitis C viruses

Breast Cancer :: Biodesign Institute leads innovative project to prevent breast cancer

Guillain Barre Disease :: Northeast China reports 30 cases of Guillain Barre disease

HIV :: Genetics research advances possibility of HIV vaccine

Brain :: University of Cincinnati receives $1.7M to research molecular treatment of brain injury

Fish :: Great Lakes fish advisories show pollution on the rise

Breast Cancer :: Link between immune system and mammary gland could shed new light on breast cancer

Cancer :: Fat kills cancer