Imagine a super-charged immune cell that can launch a focused attack on stubborn solid tumors—a smart fighter that destroys cancer cells for days without tiring. USC biomedical engineers have made this concept a reality, ...
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Cutaneous melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer, is characterized by its accumulation of a large number of mutations. Although some of these alterations should be recognized as a threat by our defenses, melanomas ...
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If the past four decades have taught us anything about HIV, it's to adjust our expectations—despite enormous progress in controlling the virus, no treatment can yet completely eradicate HIV once it has taken hold. But promising ...
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When your social media account starts spewing out nonsensical or threatening status updates, it's safe to assume that it has been hacked and must be shut down.
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As scientists, we often think we understand a virus—its structure, its tricks, the way it moves through the body. But every once in a while, we stumble upon something unexpected—something that completely changes the way ...
Investigators at Mass General Brigham have uncovered how resistance to chemotherapies may occur in some cancers. Researchers focused on a pathway that harnesses reactive oxygen species (ROS) to kill cancer cells. The study ...
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A new study published in the journal Immunity reveals a mechanism that allows triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) to develop resistance to therapy.
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Triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive type of breast cancer, accounts for 10% of all breast cancer cases in the United States annually. CD8+ T cells that normally kill cancer cells often become exhausted and stop.
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A discovery published in Nature Immunology has shed light on why the immune system is less aggressive toward self-antigens, offering new opportunities to enhance cancer immunotherapy.
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Most of the time, the intestinal immune system can recognize friend from foe, tolerating myriad foods while destroying disease-causing invaders. But for approximately 30 million Americans with food allergies—including 4 ...
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