Immune system

Lack of staff is the most serious problem in health care. Currently, whole areas are served by up to two epidemiologists. This was stated by the chief health inspector, Dr. Angel Kunchev, on the air of BNT.

Three researchers who "harnessed the power of evolution" to produce enzymes and antibodies that have led to new drugs and biofuels have been named winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

False alarm for a ballistic missile launch frightened the Hawaiians, the World Agencies have reported. Shortly after 8pm Bulgarian time last night a Hawaiian emergency response officer triggered the alert system. On their mobile phones, islanders received a message saying: "A ballistic missile threat coming to Hawaii. Seek immediate cover. This is not a doctrine.

BELGRADE - Viruses, it turns out, have most likely evolved to affect men in more severe ways than women: tuberculosis, papillomavirus, and others have that in common. Now a fresh study has discovered the surprising reason why that might be.

A substance that caused panic in the northwestern province of Sakarya after a local boy displayed an allergic reaction might have been caused by a battery rather than a radioactive material, the province's governor has said.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered that the human immune system has a hitherto unknown role – blood pressure regulation. Collaborating with colleagues from Canada, they have found that a special kind of immune cell called acetylcholine-producing lymphocytes can regulate blood pressure in laboratory mice.

According to German sexologists, autumn is the best time of the year for sex. Unforgettable nights of sex are more likely to happen during September, October and November, while the levels of testosterone and estrogen hormones rise.
According to newspaper Bild, autumn is the best time for sex for the following reasons:

Most people suffer back to work blues after returning from their holidays. A study carried out at the Icahm School of Medicine, university of California and Stanford suggests the benefits of holidays can have a positive effect on people lasting as much as a month after returning to work.

Researchers claim that they have discover the ‘Achilles’ heel’ of cancer which could lead to treatments for cases where disease has spread throughout the body.

They found that all cancer cells carry a ‘flag’, which can be spotted by the immune system despite their mutation.

A revolutionary treatment of cancer that could stop the disease from ever coming back will soon become widely available, scientists said yesterday.

According to Sky News, US scientists developed a new cancer drug which offers hope of a lasting cure.

More than nine out of ten participants with a severe form of leukaemia saw their symptoms completely vanish.