Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
When the sky becomes orange and hazy from wildfire smoke, modern humans are at greater risk than our earlier ancestors would have been.
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Immunotherapy shows promise for clearing residual melanoma cells
Cornell researchers successfully ramped up the body's own immune response to fight melanoma at the tail end of targeted cancer therapy, when tumors commonly become resistant to these therapies and leave behind residual cancer ...
Aug 24, 2026
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Why does salmonella cause serious illness in some people but not others?
For most people, a Salmonella infection causes gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines that can mean several miserable days of diarrhea, cramps, fever or vomiting. Most people recover within a week. ...
Aug 19, 2026
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Sarcoidosis shifts lung immune-cell communication, single-cell data suggest
Researchers at National Jewish Health and partner institutions have discovered specific changes in immune cells in the lungs of people with sarcoidosis. Their findings help explain how this inflammatory disease develops and ...
Aug 11, 2026
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D-serine accelerates gastric tumor growth by suppressing killer T cells
One of the crucial steps in cancer proliferation is evading killer immune cells. Cancer cells use a variety of signaling molecules to evade the immune system. Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy interferes with some ...
Aug 7, 2026
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Tumor-secreted protein makes lung vessels leakier, promoting metastasis
A protein secreted by common cancer types makes blood vessels leakier to allow metastatic tumors to form in the lungs, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer ...
Aug 5, 2026
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Immune cell dysfunction, not absence, defines skin cancer in immunosuppressed patients
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that immunosuppressed patients with non-melanoma skin cancer are not missing the key cancer-fighting immune cells found in immunocompetent patients, ...
Aug 5, 2026
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Researchers discover how tumors enlist nerves to keep growing
New research from the University of Oklahoma demonstrates how an aggressive form of breast cancer co-opts the body's own immune system to attract nerves that fuel tumor growth.
Aug 4, 2026
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Reshaping the gut microbiome can boost chemotherapy delivery to tumors
A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified a way to reshape the gut microbiome that can enhance the delivery of certain chemotherapies to tumors, offering a potential ...
Aug 1, 2026
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Two cellular components unlock maturation in human leukemia cells, study finds
In leukemia's most aggressive forms, the blood cell factories in our bone marrow falter. Instead of dividing and multiplying at their usual prolific pace, generating hundreds of billions of new cells daily, some precursor ...
Jul 22, 2026
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