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Eagle Biosciences Introduces Highly Sensitive Calprotectin ELISA Assay Kit - PR Web (press release)

Eagle Biosciences Introduces Highly Sensitive Calprotectin ELISA Assay Kit - PR Web (press release) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Eagle Biosciences Introduces Highly Sensitive Calprotectin ELISA Assay Kit
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June 13, 2013 7:23 AM
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Bananas as Hepatitis B Oral Vaccine? - Guardian Express

Bananas as Hepatitis B Oral Vaccine? - Guardian Express | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Bananas as Hepatitis B Oral Vaccine?
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Oral vaccines are theorized to be more effective because they create short and long germ benefits compared to injected vaccines, as they stimulate both systematic immune and mucosal responses.
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Advaxis Requests Orphan Drug Designation for Treatment of HPV-Associated ... - Business Wire (press release)

Advaxis Requests Orphan Drug Designation for Treatment of HPV-Associated ... - Business Wire (press release) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Advaxis Requests Orphan Drug Designation for Treatment of HPV-Associated ...
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June 9, 2013 3:39 AM
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WO2013081037A1 IgA-BINDING PEPTIDE AND PURIFICATION OF IgA THEREBY

WO2013081037A1 IgA-BINDING PEPTIDE AND PURIFICATION OF IgA THEREBY | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
WIPO patent: The present invention relates to a peptide which contains an amino acid sequence consisting of 14 to 18 amino acid residues and capable of binding to human IgA, and an analysis or purification method for the human IgA which uses the...
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Probiotics for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in adults and children - The Cochrane Library - Goldenberg - Wiley Online Library

Cochrane review= probiotics are safe/effective for preventing C. diff related diarrhea but not incidence of infection http://t.co/avOhvYpeSZ
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June 5, 2013 1:17 PM
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The Human Microbiome Gets A Big Pharma Investment - Forbes

The Human Microbiome Gets A Big Pharma Investment - Forbes | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
The Human Microbiome Gets A Big Pharma Investment Forbes “This is an area of great importance for our R&D strategy for immunology because we believe it can bring in the mid-term and long-term value toward our goal of addressing unmet medical need,”...
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The nation's first oral biology PhD program turns 50 - UB News Center

The nation's first oral biology PhD program turns 50 - UB News Center | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
The nation's first oral biology PhD program turns 50
UB News Center
He established a productive research program in oral immunology and microbiology that focused on the development of periodontal disease.
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Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Many Pandemic Flu Strains - Science World Report

Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Many Pandemic Flu Strains - Science World Report | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Many Pandemic Flu Strains Science World Report Knowing this, the Penn team proposed a novel approach that does not require the elicitation of an immune response, which does not provide sufficient breadth...
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Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains, Including ... - Science Daily (press release)

Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains, Including ... - Science Daily (press release) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
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May 28, 2013 5:36 AM
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Effect of petting a dog on immune system function. - Discover Magazine (blog)

Effect of petting a dog on immune system function. - Discover Magazine (blog) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
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Effect of petting a dog on immune system function.
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Effect of petting a dog on immune system function.
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May 25, 2013 2:51 AM
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How The Immune System Tolerate A Healthy Gut Flora - Science 2.0

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How The Immune System Tolerate A Healthy Gut Flora
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These Tregs emerge in the thymus, populating most of the intestinal and lymphoid organs.
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Secretory IgA specific for MPER can protect from HIV-1 infec... : AIDS

This preliminary study was performed to assess the neutralization activity of anti-MPER-SIgA from parotid saliva in 88 HIV+ patients, in 5 ESN and in 5 seronegative volunteers.
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Salivary Antigen-5/CAP Family Members Are Cu2+-dependent ...

Salivary Antigen-5/CAP Family Members Are Cu2+-dependent Antioxidant Enzymes That Scavenge O 2 ̇̄ and Inhibit Collagen-induced Platelet Aggregation and Neutrophil Oxidative Burst*. Teresa C. F. Assumpção‡ ...
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June 13, 2013 7:24 AM
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'We are fighting a war against polio without a General' - The Hindu

'We are fighting a war against polio without a General' - The Hindu | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
The Hindu 'We are fighting a war against polio without a General' The Hindu [OPV was] believed to be highly efficacious (as live virus), safe (due to attenuation) and offer high degree of mucosal immunity and herd effect (slowing down of wild polio...
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June 12, 2013 8:58 AM
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Intestinal Permeability: regulation of the mucosal immune system ...

Intestinal Permeability: regulation of the mucosal immune system ... | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
IHSR – Laboratory investigation and Gastroenterology Clinic – June 3, 2013. Intestinal Permeability: regulation of the mucosal immune system and intercellular tight junctions. The intestinal epithelium is the largest mucosal surface in the ...
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June 11, 2013 4:40 AM
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Japan Contributes $10 Million for AIDS Vaccine Development - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

Japan Contributes $10 Million for AIDS Vaccine Development - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Japan Contributes $10 Million for AIDS Vaccine Development EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) Viral vectors based on the Sendai family have the potential to elicit a durable and highly-targeted immune response in mucosal tissues, where HIV...
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June 8, 2013 2:57 PM
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Renal Fellow Network: Treatment of IgA Nephropathy - Update

Renal Fellow Network: Treatment of IgA Nephropathy - Update | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Following on from yesterday's update on membranous nephropathy, I thought that this would be a good time to give an update on the treatment of another, very common glomerular disease: IgA nephropathy.
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June 6, 2013 4:36 AM
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Gut Bacteria Play Key Role in Vaccination - Science Daily (press release)

Gut Bacteria Play Key Role in Vaccination - Science Daily (press release) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Gut Bacteria Play Key Role in Vaccination
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The typhoid study involved an interdisciplinary team of scientists: experts in infectious diseases, enteric pathogens, microbiology, immunology and genomic analysis.
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June 5, 2013 11:25 AM
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Anadis Commercializing “BioGard” Adjunctive Therapy for HIV & AIDS - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

Anadis Commercializing “BioGard” Adjunctive Therapy for HIV & AIDS EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) MELBOURNE, Australia--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--Anadis (ASX: ANX; OTC: ANDIY) announced today its commercialization of a new product,...
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June 2, 2013 3:17 PM
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“Meet your microbiome”: when science comes to YouTube

“Meet your microbiome”: when science comes to YouTube | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
“Mainly microbes - Meet your microbiome” is a video by Joe Hanson, the author of the YouTube channel It’s okay to be smart, that focuses on gut microbiota and the importance of bacteria in and on our body.
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Interleukin-22 protects against post-influenza bacterial superinfection - EurekAlert (press release)

Interleukin-22 protects against post-influenza bacterial superinfection EurekAlert (press release) The authors tested the hypothesis that interleukin-22, an important cytokine implicated in mucosal immunity, inflammation and tissue repair, might...
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May 29, 2013 3:32 PM
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Frontiers | Prime-Boost Strategies in Mucosal Immunization Affect Local IgA Production and the Type of Th Response | Frontiers in Mucosal Immunity

Frontiers | Prime-Boost Strategies in Mucosal Immunization Affect Local IgA Production and the Type of Th Response | Frontiers in Mucosal Immunity | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Frontiers | Prime-Boost Strategies in Mucosal Immunization Affect Local IgA Production and the Type of Th Response | Frontiers in Mucosal Immunity publishes articles on the most outstanding discoveries across the research spectrum of Frontiers | ...
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May 27, 2013 6:33 AM
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Breast Milk: Fights Off Infection While Feeding Babies - Huffington Post Canada (blog)

Breast Milk: Fights Off Infection While Feeding Babies - Huffington Post Canada (blog) | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
Breast Milk: Fights Off Infection While Feeding Babies Huffington Post Canada (blog) Now this week, a team from The University of Western Australia published a paper that revealed how breast milk is not only a great source of nutrition, but also...
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Loss and Dysregulation of Th17 Cells during HIV Infection

Bacterial translocation across the damaged mucosal epithelium has emerged as a major paradigm for chronic immune activation observed during HIV infection. T helper 17 (Th17) cells are a unique lineage of T helper cells that are enriched in ...
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Breastmilk protects from infections - ScienceAlert

Breastmilk protects from infections - ScienceAlert | Mucosal Immunity | Scoop.it
ScienceAlert Breastmilk protects from infections ScienceAlert In a paper published in the journal Clinical and Translational Immunology, lead author UWA's Assistant Professor Foteini Hassiotou and her colleagues from UWA and University Freiburg in...
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