Researchers from Japan have uncovered the genetic diversity and regional patterns of CARD9 deficiency in patients susceptible to fungal diseases.
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There is no significant association between exposure to immunosuppressive therapies and development of incident cancers among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a history of cancer, according to a study published ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Penn Medicine's patients of color are far less likely than white patients to receive a novel gene therapy pioneered there and hailed as a cure for some blood cancers, new research shows.
Jun 11, 2024
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A new position paper from the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) addresses the safety of administering live vaccines to patients who are currently being treated with dupilumab, a biologic therapy for ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Checkpoint immunotherapy utilizing PD-1 blockade has become the standard of care for metastatic melanoma. While this treatment is effective in 40% of patients, the other 60% develop resistance, leading to tumor regrowth. ...
Jun 10, 2024
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Immune activation in a pregnant woman can have negative effects on the development of fetal brain microglia—or macrophage immune cells in the brain—and even lead to neurodevelopmental disorders in newborns.
Jun 10, 2024
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Monoclonal antibodies are crucial therapeutics due to their high specificity and binding affinity for epitopes (the precise sites where an antibody attaches itself to an antigen, triggering an immune response). Since the ...
Jun 10, 2024
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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in over 700 million infections and 7 million deaths worldwide. While age is recognized as a risk factor for severe COVID-19, the reasons for this are not yet fully understood.
Jun 10, 2024
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Do you want the bad news, good news or better news? The bad news is that cancer continues to be the second leading cause of death in the United States, trailing heart disease. The good news is that overall cancer mortality ...
Jun 7, 2024
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Immunotherapy is one of the pillars in the fight against cancer and aims to enable the body's own immune system to fight a tumor. A recent study now shows that removing certain enzymes that regulate epigenetic processes from ...
Jun 7, 2024
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