Immunology

Immune cells hold clues to vitamin D absorption, study suggests

Vitamin D plays an integral role in regulating immune function, and Penn State researchers have identified immune cells in mice that can be differentiated by whether or not they have vitamin D receptors—a finding that could ...

Medical research

New method for detecting nanoplastics in blood

A new study has used flow cytometry to detect and measure nanoplastics in peripheral human blood. People with various medical conditions were included in the study so as to investigate potential differences for nanoplastic ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Depression linked to immune response in some people

A link between depression and changes in counts of several types of immune cells in the blood has been revealed by researchers at the University of Bristol's MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit. These findings, published in ...

Immunology

Stress accelerates immune aging, study finds

Stress—in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors and discrimination—accelerates aging of the immune system, potentially increasing a person's risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and illness from ...

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