Key protein that intensifies psoriasis identified
Psoriasis, a painful and uncomfortable inflammatory skin condition that affects millions worldwide, flares up from the activity of disease- and infection-protecting immune cells.
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Immune System: News and Research on Dendritic Cells
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Q&A: Improving liver cancer outcomes through enhanced immunotherapy
Dan G. Duda, DMD, Ph.D., of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology and Department of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in Cancer Immunology ...
Dec 16, 2024
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Cell-based immunotherapy shows promise in early clinical trial for breast cancer
A phase one clinical trial exploring a novel cell-based immunotherapy for breast cancer has been published in JAMA Oncology.
Dec 5, 2024
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Unveiling immune system responses that induce and maintain autoimmune pancreatitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a clinical condition characterized by inflammation of the pancreas, caused by the body's hypersensitivity to its own proteins. AIP is typically accompanied by other organ inflammations such ...
Oct 7, 2024
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How human skin differentiates bacterial friend from foe
In a study recently published in PLoS Pathogens, researchers at AIMES, The Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences at Karolinska Institutet, have identified one of the subtle—yet effective—pathways ...
Sep 3, 2024
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Researchers discover new way inflammation impacts cell communication
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have made significant progress in understanding how cells communicate during inflammation. The study, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Aug 14, 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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Boosting vaccines for the elderly with 'hyperactivators'
As we age, our immune systems start to flag, leaving us more susceptible to cancer and infections—and less responsive to vaccines and cancer immunotherapies.
Jul 12, 2024
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New and crucial role discovered for a protein in the body's immunity against cancer
Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland have found a new function for an existing protein. They discovered that TIMP-1, a protein traditionally known to prevent damage to the body's cells and tissues, plays a critical ...
Jun 14, 2024
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Inhibition of epigenetic control enzymes in immune cells as a potential new starting point in cancer immunotherapy
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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