Immune System – PossibleThreat Articles

Hidden brain signal reveals Alzheimer’s years before symptoms

September 23, 2025 0 Comments #039, Alzheimer&amp, amp, Dementia, Diseases and Conditions, Immune System, Memory, s, s Health, Social Psychology, Women&amp, Workplace Health

A new study has revealed that TSPO, a protein linked to brain inflammation, rises long before Alzheimer’s symptoms appear. Researchers tracked the protein in genetically engineered mice and confirmed the results in human brain tissue from Colombian families with a known Alzheimer’s mutation. They found unusually high levels of TSPO in microglia clustered around plaques, particularly in women. This discovery not only deepens our understanding of the disease but also sparks the possibility of using TSPO to detect and treat Alzheimer’s far earlier than ever before.

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A hormone that silences the immune system may unlock new cancer treatments

September 23, 2025 0 Comments #039, amp, Cancer, Diseases and Conditions, Immune System, Lung Cancer, Lung Disease, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology, s Healthcare, Today&amp

Scientists have discovered that cancer uses a hidden hormone to switch off the body’s natural defenses, allowing tumors to grow unchecked. By uncovering this secret signal, they found a way to block it and restore the immune system’s ability to fight back. The breakthrough not only hints at powerful new cancer treatments but also suggests the same pathway could someday be used to calm autoimmune diseases.

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Why alcohol blocks the liver from healing, even after you quit

September 23, 2025 0 Comments #039, amp, Diseases and Conditions, Genes, Human Biology, Immune System, Liver Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Personalized Medicine, s Healthcare, Today&amp

Alcohol doesn’t just damage the liver — it locks its cells in a strange “in-between” state that prevents them from healing. Even after someone quits drinking, liver cells often get stuck, unable to function normally or regenerate. Scientists have now traced this problem to runaway inflammation, which scrambles the cell’s instructions and silences a key helper protein. By blocking these inflammatory signals in lab tests, they were able to restore the liver’s healing ability — a finding that could point to new treatments beyond transplants.

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Scientists discover cancer’s hidden power to accelerate aging

September 22, 2025 0 Comments Alternative Medicine, Diabetes, Diseases and Conditions, Healthy Aging, Immune System, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Pharmacology

New research reveals lymphoma can directly accelerate aging in the immune system and vital organs, independent of treatments like chemotherapy. The changes, sometimes reversible, highlight a hidden dimension of cancer—and possible new paths for intervention.

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Alcohol’s hidden shortcut lets gut bacteria wreck the liver

September 22, 2025 0 Comments Cold and Flu, Diseases and Conditions, Human Biology, Immune System, Mental Health Research, Nervous System, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology

Alcohol-associated liver disease is becoming a massive health and economic burden, but researchers at UC San Diego may have uncovered a new way forward. They discovered that chronic alcohol use blocks a crucial protein that normally helps keep gut bacteria from leaking into the liver, worsening damage. Restoring this protein’s function, using drugs already in development, could not only reduce liver disease but also have implications for treating alcohol addiction itself.

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How Ebola virus disables the body's immune defenses

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Biology, Ebola, Immune System, Lymphoma, Microbes and More, Microbiology, Virology, Viruses

A new study uncovered new information on why the Ebola virus can exert such catastrophic effects on the infected person. They've described for the first time how the virus disables T cells, an important line of immune defense, thus rendering the infected person less able to combat the infection.

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Artificial pancreas system better controls blood glucose levels than current technology

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Blood Clots, Diabetes, Diseases and Conditions, Hormone Disorders, Hypertension, Immune System, Medical Topics, Personalized Medicine

A multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating a new artificial pancreas system — which automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels — has found that the new system was more effective than existing treatments at controlling blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes.

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Zebrafish discovery throws new light on human hearing disorders

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Diseases and Conditions, Hair Loss, Hearing Loss, Human Biology, Immune System, Lymphoma, Stem Cells

A study of the genetic make-up of zebrafish has provided brand new insights into the cause of congenital hearing disorders in humans.

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Anti-arthritis drug also stops tuberculosis bacillus from multiplying in blood stem cells

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Anemia, Blood Clots, Hypertension, Immune System, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Stem Cells, Tuberculosis

Immunologists have shown that a drug used to fight arthritis also stops the process that allows the tuberculosis bacillus to infect and hijack blood stem cells.

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Why targeted immuno-oncology drugs sometimes fail

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Immune System, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Prostate Cancer

Researchers report a discovery that helps scientists understand why some tumors lack immune cell infiltration and are therefore unresponsive to newer PD-1 targeted therapies.

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