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Protein that keeps immune system from freaking out could form basis for new therapeutics

Scienmag

Treatment with a peptide that mimics the naturally occurring protein GIV prevents immune overreaction, supports a mechanism critical for survival in mouse models of sepsis and colitis Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences The immune response to infections is a delicate balance.

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New Research Shows IBS Symptoms May be Caused by Gut Infections

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Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have found a potential mechanism underlying irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) that involves activation of immune cells primed by past gastrointestinal infections. However, IBS patients do not have allergies to any given foods, nor any gastrointestinal conditions, such as celiac disease.

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Mutations leading to omicron variant did not enable virus to fully escape immune system

The Pharma Data

That’s because the mutations that led to the variant’s emergence aren’t found in the regions of the virus that stimulates one type of cellular immune response, says an international research team from Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and ImmunoScape, a U.S.-Singapore