Immunology

Immunology is a branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders (autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, immune deficiency, transplant rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Immunology has applications in several disciplines of science, and as such is further divided.

Even before the concept of immunity (from immunis, Latin for "exempt") was developed, numerous early physicians characterized organs that would later prove to be part of the immune system. The key primary lymphoid organs of the immune system are the thymus and bone marrow, and secondary lymphatic tissues such as spleen, tonsils, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, adenoids, and skin and liver. When health conditions warrant, immune system organs including the thymus, spleen, portions of bone marrow, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues can be surgically excised for examination while patients are still alive.

China Blocks US Navy Ships' Access to Hong Kong Port

Edit Voa News 30 Apr 2016

China has denied a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier access to a port in Hong Kong. The Pentagon said Friday the USS Stennis and its accompanying vessels were refused entry into the port. The reason for denying access to the port was not clear ... WATCH ... ....

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Will easily defeat Hillary Clinton in November, says Donald Trump

Edit One India 30 Apr 2016

Washington, Apr 30. Nearly 250 delegates short of bagging the Republican presidential nomination, party front- runner Donald Trump has exuded confidence that he would be able to defeat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton very easily in the November general elections. "Every ... ....

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Emmanuel Rutema, 13, of Tanzania, rides an elevator before his surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

In Malawi, people with albinism face ‘total extinction’– UN rights expert

Edit United Nations 29 Apr 2016

Print. 29 April 2016 – A United Nations human rights expert today warned that the atrocities faced by persons with albinism in Malawi render them “an endangered people group facing a risk of systemic extinction over time if nothing is done.” ... “Many do not sleep peacefully and have deliberately restricted their movement to the necessary minimum,” she added ... ‘A crisis disturbing in its proportions’. Ms ... Ms ... Albinos. Photo ... Ms ... Ero stated....

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Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fumio Kishida

China Says Japan Ties Should Be Based On Cooperation, Not Confrontation

Edit NDTV 30 Apr 2016

China's relations with Japan should be based on cooperation not confrontation, China's foreign minister told his Japanese counterpart today, adding that China would judge Japan's desire to improve tie... ....

photo: AP / Karim Kadim

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather outside parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone, Saturday, April 30, 2016. Dozens of protesters climbed over the blast walls and could be seen storming the Parliament building, carrying Iraqi flags and chanting against the government.

State of emergency declared in Baghdad as protesters take Iraqi parliament

Edit Stars and Stripes 01 May 2016

BAGHDAD — A state of emergency was declared in the Iraqi capital on Saturday as protesters stormed Iraq's parliament, after bursting into the Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, where other key buildings including the U.S. Embassy are located, in a dramatic escalation of the country's political crisis ... Some lawmakers were berated and beaten with flags as they fled the building while other demonstrators smashed the car windows ... A U.S ... U.S ... ....

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Susceptible Post-Millennials Reacting To Adjuvant Exposure, Researchers Suspect

Edit Inquisitr 01 May 2016

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System’s Division of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology report that an era of food allergies that began with the post-millennial generation might be a response to vaccines containing the adjuvant alum, a known trigger for allergic traits ... Hoyt of UVA Allergy and Immunology, Alexander J....

Kissing Cousins

Edit The Scientist 01 May 2016

EDITOR'S CHOICE IN CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. K. Hattermann et al., “Transmembrane chemokines act as receptors in a novel mechanism termed inverse signaling,” eLife, 5.e10820, 2016 ... “If it’s correct, it’s paradigm-shifting in terms of the way we understand how some of these molecules work,” says Gerry Graham, a professor of molecular and structural immunology at the University of Glasgow ... ....

Nanoscale Defenses

Edit The Scientist 01 May 2016

Picture a hospital room. white walls, stainless steel IV poles and bedrails, scratchy bedsheets ... But with the recent rise in antibiotic-resistant pathogens, this standard is no longer sustainable ... “Imagine one full jumbo jet crashed each day, killing everyone on board,” says Michael Schmidt, vice chairman of microbiology and immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) ... Northeastern University ...   ... D....

Mashad to host Int'l Congress of Immunology, Asthma, Allergy

Edit Irna 30 Apr 2016

Mashad, April 30, IRNA – Third International Congress of Immunology, Asthma and Allergy and First Symposium of Food and Drug Allergy will be held in Mashad from May 3-6 ... ....

Utah proud to be cutting edge of medical research

Edit Deseret News 30 Apr 2016

The launching pad for that legacy may have come at the University of Utah in 1982 when the first artificial heart was successfully implanted in a human patient. It was an accomplishment regarded at the time as akin to a NASA moon launch ... In March, the University of Utah’s prolific genetics research institutions made news in connection with a study related to the diagnosis of conditions tied to immunological deficiencies ... ....

How We Are Destroying Our Immune Systems, Causing Autoimmune Diseases By Decimating Evolved Gut Microbiomes

Edit Inquisitr 30 Apr 2016

E ... In the Finnish and Estonian babies, the Bacteroides rules the guts and in preventing the activation, it leads to an immunologically very “silent” system, which is not a good thing ... For a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers gave mice food allergies by simultaneously administering to them a protein found in egg whites and alum, an adjuvant known to induce allergic traits....

How camel milk could be better for you than anyone imagined

Edit The National 30 Apr 2016

Camels have long been a valued part of Middle Eastern culture thanks to their hardiness and, in particular, their ability to remain active even when little water is available ... Human milk contains a variety of immunological substances that can help to protect babies from infection, with studies showing that a breast-fed baby can receive up to 1g of the main type of antibody in human milk, secretory immunoglobulin A, each day ... ....