Sugar molecules help keep the brain's electrical signals on track
Sugarcoating isn't just for making things taste or sound sweeter. In the brain, complex sugar molecules decorate key proteins and help them function.
Jul 16, 2026
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Carbohydrates: News and Research on GPI-Linked Proteins
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New KIR-CAR T cell therapy shows promise in multiple solid cancers
An innovative type of CAR T cell therapy, called KIR-CAR, was shown to be safe, with increasing efficacy corresponding to higher doses of the investigational treatment in nine patients with advanced ovarian cancer, mesothelioma ...
Apr 20, 2026
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Universal, ready-to-use immunotherapy detects and destroys endometrial cancer in preclinical tests
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States and is one of the few cancers in which survival rates have steadily declined over the last few decades. The most aggressive subtypes are a significant ...
Mar 16, 2026
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Dual targeting approach improves immunotherapy response in glioblastoma
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that simultaneously blocking two key "don't eat me signals" found in cancer cells heightens the immune response and sensitizes tumors to immunotherapy ...
Mar 13, 2026
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Engineered immune cells show promise against brain metastases in preclinical study
A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has identified a promising strategy to treat brain metastases, one of the most challenging and deadly complications of lung cancer. The research team ...
Mar 2, 2026
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A glaucoma drug may help prevent opioid relapse
An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have the potential to prevent relapse in opioid use disorder, according to a study by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care. ...
Feb 12, 2026
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An off-the-shelf immunotherapy for targeting solid tumors: Ready-to-use CAR-NKT cells show promise
A UCLA research team has identified the best design for a promising new type of immunotherapy that could be mass-produced to treat multiple solid tumors. The study focused on engineered invariant natural killer T cells, or ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Investigators offer free atlas of immunotherapy responses in pancreatic cancers
Oncologists have achieved some immune system responses in patients with pancreatic cancers using various combinations of vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs, but it's not always clear which therapy is inducing ...
Jan 12, 2026
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Scientists map structure of antibodies driving rare autoimmune brain disease
MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The blood of patients contains antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a protein in the myelin layer ...
Dec 18, 2025
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Real-time imaging captures what happens to cancer cells arriving in the brain
Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to form new tumors in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Brain metastasis is ...
Dec 10, 2025
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