Oncology & Cancer

Drug mechanism opens door for new anti-cancer immunotherapies

Researchers have revealed a new mechanism of targeted drug treatment used against chronic lymphocytic leukemia, through the promotion of immune cell function, that could be exploited using new anti-cancer immunotherapies.

Oncology & Cancer

Three facts about acute lymphocytic leukemia in children

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The most common type of childhood cancer is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), a blood and bone marrow cancer that creates immature white blood cells that can't perform their ...

Oncology & Cancer

Strengthening artificial immune cells to fight cancer

Among available immunotherapies, the use of CAR T cells is proving extremely effective against certain blood cancers, but only in half of patients. A main reason for this is the premature dysfunction of these immune cells, ...

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