Oncology & Cancer
From vaccines to AI: New weapons in the fight against cancer
Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer?
Feb 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Research finds cancer immunotherapy does not interfere with COVID-19 immunity
Research findings published in Frontiers in Immunology show that cancer immunotherapy does not interfere with COVID-19 immunity in previously vaccinated patients. These findings support recommending vaccination for patients ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Keys to making immunotherapy work against pancreatic cancer found in tumor microenvironment
A new study that analyzed the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer revealed the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy and resulted in new treatment strategies.
Jan 26, 2023
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'Hard to lose' mutations in tumors may predict response to immunotherapy
Cancer experts have tried, sometimes unsuccessfully, to use the total number of mutations in a tumor, called the tumor mutation burden (TMB), to predict a patient's response to immunotherapy. Now, investigators at the Johns ...
Jan 26, 2023
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An unexpected T cell exhaustion factor driving cancer immunotherapy resistance
A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has identified an unexpected driver of cancer immunotherapy resistance: the harmful effect of chronic Type I Interferon signaling on tumor-killing ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Certain gene signaling rewires tumors after immunotherapy
Researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have found a mechanism for why a subset of patients' tumors grow, rather than shrink, when faced with immunotherapy.
Jan 18, 2023
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Targeting cancer-supporting cells boosts immunotherapy in previously insensitive tumors
Removing a single protein from cells that surround tumors can improve the sensitivity of certain cancers to immunotherapy, researchers have found.
Jan 9, 2023
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Germany's BioNTech plans UK trial of mRNA cancer therapy
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a trailblazing COVID-19 vaccine, will trial a cancer treatment in Britain using the same mRNA technology, the company said on Friday.
Jan 6, 2023
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New AI-based biomarker can help predict immunotherapy response for patients with lung cancer
In a retrospective study, a team of researchers from several health care systems and universities, including Emory University, has discovered a new artificial intelligence (AI)-derived biomarker that uses routine imaging ...
Jan 5, 2023
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Study discovers triple immunotherapy combination as possible treatment for pancreatic cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a novel immunotherapy combination, targeting checkpoints in both T cells and myeloid suppressor cells, that successfully reprogrammed the tumor ...
Dec 30, 2022
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