Immune Cells Eating Bacteria (Phagocytosis)
Published on Feb 16, 2017 Special thanks: Animation by: Fusion Medial Animation (www.fusionanimation.co.uk) Microscopy by: Timelapse Vision (http://timelapsevision.com)
Clinical Studies – Beta Glucan for Medical Professionals
CLINICAL STUDIES FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS Complement activation by mAbs can cause direct tumor cell lysis or enhance antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. However, tumor cells are protected from complement-mediated injury by membrane-bound complement regulatory proteins (mCRP) that are often expressed at elevated levels on tumor cells. Recent studies indicate that blocking or over-whelming the function of […]
Potential Cancer Treatment Breakthrough
Researchers hail new cancer treatment: Unlocking the body’s immune system (CNN)Researchers meeting in Chicago are hailing what they believe may be a potent new weapon in the fight against cancer: the body’s own immune system. An international study found that a combination of two drugs that helped allow the immune system to fight the […]
Stop the Spread of Superbugs
Help Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria For nearly a century, bacteria-fighting drugs known as antibiotics have helped to control and destroy many of the harmful bacteria that can make us sick. But in recent decades, antibiotics have been losing their punch against some types of bacteria. In fact, certain bacteria are now unbeatable with today’s medicines. Sadly, […]
Killing cancer like the common cold
Nick Wilkins was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 4 years old, and when the cancer kept bouncing back, impervious to all the different treatments the doctors tried, his father sat him down for a talk. John Wilkins explained to Nick, who was by then 14, that doctors had tried chemotherapy, radiation, even a bone […]
