Our immune system can be affected by a variety of diseases, including auto-immune disorders, leukemia, and viruses that may suppress it, such as humane immunodeficiency virus (HIV, AIDS). In this lesson, we will consider how such diseases impact the immune system. ...
Investigating the impact of age and sex on cataract surgery complications and outcomes Hadas Ben-Eli , Yaacov Cnaany & Ayelet Goldstein Article 07 January 2025 | Open Access Antitumor immunostimulatory effect via cell-killing action of a novel extracorporeal blood circulating photodynamic therapy ...
cells (cardiomyocytes) can be achieved by implanting patches of engineered heart muscle onto the surface of the heart under immune suppression. Evidence from rhesus macaques and an individual with advanced heart failure suggests that structural and functional augmentation of the failing heart is possible...
Emerging viral disease outbreaks have grown rapidly in the recent years and it has created great impact on human life, leading to the sudden increase in mortality rates. Over the past two decades, there have been seven disease epidemics that resulted in huge economic losses in the world, of ...
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Lower respiratory tract infections, diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (TB) are among the top causes of overall global mortality (Vos et al., 2015). Infectious diseases also include emerging infectious diseases; diseases that have newly appeared (e.g., Middle East Respiratory...
Effect of smoking on lung function, respiratory symptoms and respiratory diseases amongst HIV-positive subjects: a cross-sectional study Background Smoking prevalence in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive subjects is about three times of that in the general population. However, whet... Q ...
However, it was not discovered until years later that an influenza virus was responsible for this pandemic. One hundred years after the 1918 pandemic, we not only remember this devastating historic health disaster, it also serves as a stark reminder of the public health impact that the influenza...
This review will focus on how PM2.5 affects the human respiratory system and its role in chronic respiratory diseases in China. Burden of air pollution The impact of air pollution on human health has been proved as an immense health burden in China. The most prevalent diseases are ...
The first documented attempts to control malaria by limiting the densities of vectors go back to the Roman times: in an attempt to control the “Roman fever” (the name of malaria at that time), Julius Caesar himself had the Codetan swamp around Rome drained and planted with trees (Varro ...