Immunotherapy for cancer works like a guided missile, directing the body's immune cells toward tumor cells. However, not all immune cells respond to the call to attack, and this can lead to variability in treatment responses. ...
May 21, 2026
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Fifteen years ago, doctors in Europe noticed a remarkable thing happening in people with chronic hepatitis B infections. When patients went off their medications, the virus started to come back—and then some of the patients ...
May 14, 2026
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Implantable cytokine factories designed to deliver immunotherapy directly at the site of disease have taken an important step toward clinical reality. Researchers at Rice University, in collaboration with The University of ...
May 12, 2026
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Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a liver-directed IL-10 gene therapy that strengthens cancer-fighting immune cells and suppresses liver tumors in mice. The treatment also generated long-lasting immune ...
May 8, 2026
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is one of oncology's most powerful ideas: Harvest a cancer patient's own immune cells, genetically engineer them to recognize tumor cells, multiply them in a laboratory and reinject ...
Apr 29, 2026
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Kidney damage is a serious complication affecting individuals with lupus, an autoimmune disease where immune B cells malfunction and produce antibodies that attack the body's own cells, tissues, and organs.
Apr 28, 2026
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The research group of prof. Sanjiv Luther at the department of immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has discovered that a fibroblast subtype is essential for coordinating certain immune cells within lymph nodes. This ...
Apr 23, 2026
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A new UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center study suggests that the way immune cells are organized inside melanoma tumors may help researchers better understand which patients will benefit from combination immunotherapy ...
Apr 22, 2026
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Injecting nivolumab (Opdivo) directly into precancerous oral lesions led to a reduction in lesion size and allowed some patients to avoid surgery, according to research from a Phase I clinical trial presented at the American ...
Apr 21, 2026
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While modern life includes many conveniences, humans are still incessantly exposed to a variety of metabolic stresses we have never experienced before. Our immune systems are constantly trying to protect us, and CD8⁺ T cells ...
Apr 20, 2026
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