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HIV becomes more dangerous?
Medicine - Health

HIV becomes more dangerous?

The damage to the immune system of HIV patients occurs faster than when the HIV epidemic has just started.

December 14, 2018
Discover more of Vitamin D's effects
Medicine - Health

Discover more of Vitamin D's effects

In Ottawa a new study published in the American Journal of Internal Medicine reports that Vitamin D has more positive effects than we already know.

December 14, 2018
Stress can cause itching
Medicine - Health

Stress can cause itching

Stress activates immune cells in mouse skin, making them feel itchy. The same mechanism can occur in humans.

December 14, 2018
People who challenge all diseases
Medicine - Health

People who challenge all diseases

An Ecuadorian dwarf community seems to be immune to all kinds of diseases, especially cancer, and has a very long life.

December 14, 2018
New immune disease appears
Medicine - Health

New immune disease appears

A new study published in Science describes 9 cases of children with normal infections due to a deficiency in the MyD88 gene - an important gene for protecting children f…

December 14, 2018
Put parasitic worms on yourself
Medicine - Health

Put parasitic worms on yourself

In 2004, David Pritchard himself covered his arm with a cloth covered with hookworm larvae, like maggots on the surface of meat. He kept the covering for a few days to m…

December 14, 2018
Cloning immune cells to treat cancer
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Cloning immune cells to treat cancer

US scientists claim to have successfully treated a case of end-stage skin cancer by duplicating the patient's own immune cells in the laboratory, then returning them to…

December 14, 2018