Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center established "proof-of-concept" for a new treatment approach that was able to effectively treat the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer. The ...
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Giant cell arteritis (GCA), formerly known as temporal arteritis, was first described by Mayo Clinic doctors and classified as an inflammatory condition of the blood vessels in the early to mid-20th century. The condition ...
Sep 18, 2023
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In recent years, scientists have used gene modification technologies to reprogram immune cells into therapeutics that can attack cancers. But such immunotherapies don't work for all patients or all cancer types, and screening ...
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When Michel Sadelain began his decades-long quest to genetically modify immune cells to fight cancer, his peers dismissed his ideas as absurd and even his mother grew concerned for his career.
Sep 14, 2023
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An international team of researchers has demonstrated that a combination of inhibitors may suppress tumor growth and prevent relapse in patients with certain cancers, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and lung ...
Sep 12, 2023
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To live with type 1 diabetes is to be ruled by relentless routine. Food must be carefully monitored, and the only treatment, subcutaneous insulin, is burdensome—requiring regular injections or an insulin pump, continuous ...
Sep 8, 2023
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A new study from researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and other top-tier cancer centers highlights the vital role that the immune system plays in determining ...
Sep 6, 2023
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A new cancer therapy developed by Purdue University researchers attacks tumors by tricking cancer cells into absorbing a snippet of RNA that naturally blocks cell division. As reported in Oncogene, tumors treated with the ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Connective tissue is found throughout the human body, within and between structures as varied as muscles, nerves and internal organs. Like an elaborate web, it holds everything together—providing the body shape and promoting ...
Sep 1, 2023
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When an immunocompromised person's system begins to recover and produce more white blood cells, it's usually a good thing—unless they develop a potentially deadly inflammatory condition. New research from the University ...
Aug 30, 2023
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