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We think of asthma and other allergic diseases as unnecessary aberrant immune responses that do more harm than good. However, new evidence shows that some allergic reactions provide necessary protection against highly invasive and potentially lethal infectious agents, such as yeast.

Asian men and women living in Japan who ate peanuts (on average 4-5 peanuts/day) had a lower risk of having an ischemic stroke or a cardiovascular disease event compared to those who did not eat peanuts, according to new research.

Researchers have developed artificial cell-like structures using inorganic matter that autonomously ingest, process, and push out material—recreating an essential function of living cells.

Researchers have identified a specific population of treatment-resistant cells that was present in prostate cancer samples prior to treatment and persisted when subjected to treatment.

Natural killer cells do not just kill cancer cells or cells infected with viruses, they also mediate a trade-off between wound healing and bacterial defense in skin wounds. If the healing process is accelerated, the immune defense is weakened, relevant in treating skin injuries and in tackling antibiotic-resistant germs.

A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that a compound found naturally in herbs and fruit might show potential as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. The work is published in Science Translational Medicine.

Researchers have shown for the first time that normal human fibroblast cells can be converted to specific cancer cells using only factors that are commonly detected in actual human patients. Previous studies have achieved this only by using powerful viral factors that are not common in human cancers.

Yale researchers have identified a cellular spy that tricks certain immune cells into helping potentially deadly skin cancer to reproduce. The discovery may offer new treatment pathways for people who are most at risk for skin cancer, such as transplant patients and fair-skinned individuals.

Losing weight and treating excess levels of fat in the blood may help prevent lung disease in firefighters who were exposed to dangerous levels of fine particles from fire, smoke and toxic chemicals on September 11, 2001, a new study shows.

A new study published in Oncotarget suggests that terpyridine platinum-derived G4 ligands could be used as a cancer treatment approach, by inducing telomere dysfunction and chromosome instability.