In type 1, your immune system attacks and destroys the cells in your pancreas that make ... a buildup of acid in your blood called lactic acidosis. SGLT2 inhibitors. These help your kidneys ...

It can also be a side effect of some medications for diabetes, such as sodium-glucose transport protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors ... sugar can negatively affect the immune system. It can lower the ability ...

A collaboration between four MIT groups, led by principal investigators Laura L. Kiessling, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Alex K.

Cellular immunotherapy, a leading form of cancer treatment, enlists the "warriors" of our immune system, our T-cells, in the ...

New study demonstrates that one type of lipid is so critical for immune evasion that certain cancers cannot proliferate without them. Modulating intake of dietary lipids could open up an avenue for ...

Injecting regulatory T cells or Tregs, which control the body’s immune responses, directly into damaged bone, muscle and skin ...

Researchers have found that microbial communities in the mouse GI tract are unevenly distributed, which influences immune cell populations.

These patients then even have a longer survival time. “We were able to show that sodium enhances the immune response of CD8+ T cells,” says Chang-Feng Chu, who is a first author of the study. CD8+ T ...

It’s not just our minds and bodies that get exhausted when battling cancer, it’s also the natural killer (NK) cells of our bodies – a key component of the immune system – that get fatigued and lose ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Southampton found the body’s natural “killer” cells – from the immune system which protects against disease and infections ...