Oncology & Cancer
The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine
The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.
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News tagged with immune therapies
HIV & AIDS
Researchers identify protein that helps HIV remain silent
Throughout the course of antiretroviral therapy, HIV hides quietly in reservoirs inside CD4+ T lymphocytes, white blood cells that play a role in activating the immune system against infection.
Jun 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy for blood cancer: Remote destruction of tumor cells demonstrated
The aim of immunotherapy strategies is to use cells in the patient's own immune system to destroy tumor cells. CAR T cell therapy is an immunotherapy that is effective in treating blood cancer.
Jun 12, 2023
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Medical research
Study sends strong signal not to sequence immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced kidney cancer
Patients with advanced kidney cancer are routinely given immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) as first-line treatment. The CONTACT-03, phase 3 clinical trial tested the effects of giving ICIs again, as part of a standard second-line ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene engineered cell therapy developed to target brain metastatic melanomas
Overall survival for patients with melanoma that has spread to the brain is only four to six months. Immunotherapies, which harness the power of the immune system to attack cancer cells, have garnered excitement in recent ...
May 31, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers use 'natural' system to identify proteins most useful for developing an effective HIV vaccine
Since it was identified in 1984 as the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has infected more than 80 million people and been responsible for some 40 million deaths worldwide, ...
May 30, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Blocking a key immune protein improves radiation therapy for cancer
Up to 60% of cancer patients receive radiation therapy, but it doesn't always work. Failure of these treatments results from tumor regrowth at the primary tumor site, or when the tumor metastasizes to another part of the ...
May 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify potential new strategy to prevent side effects from immunotherapy
A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that IL-21, a soluble molecule involved in activating the immune system, can be a potential therapeutic target to help reduce endocrine autoimmune ...
May 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
CAR-NKT cell therapy shows promising results against neuroblastoma in phase 1 clinical trial
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Cancer Center and collaborating institutions report interim results from a first-in-human phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety, antitumor activity and immunological ...
May 15, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New therapy helps immune system eradicate brain tumors
Researchers from Uppsala University have developed a method that helps immune cells exit from blood vessels into a tumor to kill cancer cells. The goal is to improve treatment of aggressive brain tumors. The study has been ...
May 12, 2023
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