Keeping IL-2 toxicity at bay

Keeping inflammation at bay

Cells dying by apoptosis can trigger an anti-inflammatory gene response in other cells by releasing a compound called adenosine monophosphate.

Immunology: Keeping mother at bay

Like its better-known polymorphic relatives, HLA-G, a relatively unpolymorphic class I MHC molecule expressed by fostal trophoblast cells, binds short peptides with a defined sequence motif; HLA-G may play an important role in maternal tolerance to a fostus.

Lupus nephritis: keeping the wolf at bay.

From the beginning part of this century, we have witnessed a dramatic improvement in the prognosis of patients with SLE. Several factors have contributed to this improvement, such as a better understanding of the pathophysiology, recognizing the essential role of the kidney biopsy in defining and prognosticating lupus nephritis (LN), and the development of relatively effective treatment for sev...

Executive Noncompetes: Keeping Talent in House or At Bay?

Keeping nanobacterial infections at bay during space travel.

In January 2004, President George W. Bush unveiled plans to send astronauts to the Moon in 2015 and shortly thereafter to Mars. With the prospect of manned exploration of the planets drawing ever closer, the new discipline of Space Medicine is destined to come to the fore. Moreover, investigations of how human beings function under space conditions could provide important new insights into fund...