Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer
A widely used antidepressant drug could help the immune system fight cancer, according to a new UCLA research study.
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Immune System: News and Research on Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells
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Packing lipid nanoparticles with tumor proteins to boost cancer vaccine potency
The concept of using vaccines to treat cancers has been around for several decades. A vaccine was first approved for prostate cancer in 2010, and another was approved in 2015 for melanoma. Since then, many therapeutic—as ...
Feb 21, 2025
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New study paves way for immunotherapies tailored for childhood cancers
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in Sweden have determined how children's immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age. The study, which is published ...
Jan 20, 2025
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Findings suggest common salt activates anti-tumor cells
Salt could help to boost the immune defense against cancer. This is suggested by the research findings of a team led by Prof. Dr. Christina Zielinski, who holds the Chair of Infection Immunology at the Friedrich Schiller ...
Aug 28, 2024
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Researchers discuss disrupting NKG2A:HLA-E interactions for enhanced anti-cancer immunity
A new editorial titled "Strategies to disrupt NKG2A:HLA-E interactions for improved anti-cancer immunity" has been published in Oncotarget.
Aug 21, 2024
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Drug bypasses suppressive immune cells to unleash immunotherapy
By recruiting the immune system to combat tumor cells, immunotherapy has improved survival rates, offering hope to millions of cancer patients. However, only about one in five people responds favorably to these treatments.
Aug 6, 2024
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Better together: Spatial arrangement of three immune cells is key to attacking tumors, study finds
There's a frustrating fact about today's immunotherapies for cancer. While sometimes they work beautifully—completely eliminating or greatly reducing cancer in particular patients—other times they don't work at all. It's ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Reinvigorating exhausted immune cells reveals potential therapy target for cancer
The ecosystem that surrounds a tumor, also known as the tumor microenvironment, includes immune cells, tissues, blood vessels and other cells that interact with each other and with the tumor. Over time, the tumor shapes this ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Researchers identify key differences in inner workings of immune cells
Cytotoxic T cells are an important component of the immune system. Once activated, they differentiate into either short-lived effector cells or long-lived memory cells. Studies by researchers at ETH Zurich have found that ...
Jun 6, 2024
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Researchers reveal uncharted liver-focused pathway in gene therapy immune responses
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have uncovered vital insights regarding a liver trigger that blocks an undesired immune response from gene therapy, surprisingly resulting in activating specific immune cells ...
Dec 7, 2023
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