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Immune deficiency linked to a type of eye cancer
08-14-2007 · EurekAlert!The incidence of squamous cell eye cancer is greater among kidney transplant patients and people with human immunodeficiency virus than the general public, which suggests the disease is associated with immune deficiency.
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- JCI table of contents: Nov. 1, 2007
11-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published Nov. 1, 2007, in the JCI, including: Mice predict the effectiveness of orally taken drugs; Stressed out skin loses its antimicrobial defense mechanism; The chemical peroxynitrite tolerates pain; OX40L helps trigger anti-cancer immune responses; Macrophages are not all seeing in the eye; I(r)oning out the mechanism of kidney functions; and others.
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06-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
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