Oncology & Cancer
T cells can activate themselves to fight tumors
When you need a bit of motivation, it often has to come from within. New research suggests cancer-fighting immune cells have found a way to do just that.
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Scientists transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer
Some cities fight gangs with ex-members who educate kids and starve gangs of new recruits. Stanford Medicine researchers have done something similar with cancer—altering cancer cells so that they teach the body's immune ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Medical research
Alveolar macrophages help CD8+ T cells go (anti-)viral
The human immune system is a highly complex network of cells, signals, and responses that is tightly regulated to ensure that the body can fight off infection without damaging its own tissues. Now, researchers from Japan ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find new mechanism to turn on cancer-killing T cells
Over the past decade, researchers have made great strides in the development and administration of cancer immunotherapies, which use the body's own immune system to treat disease. However, the therapies don't work for every ...
May 25, 2022
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Illumination of immune checkpoint LAG3 'black box' could yield new cancer and autoimmune therapies
Fighting cancer and chronic disease is tiring work for the immune system. When T cells are engaged in this kind of lengthy battle, they can become exhausted, or unable to function properly. One immunotherapy that revitalizes ...
Apr 18, 2022
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Immunology
Research in mice shows how diet alters immune system function through a gut microbe
The cliché "you are what you eat" has been used for hundreds of years to illustrate the link between diet and health. Now, an international team of researchers has found the molecular proof of this concept, demonstrating ...
Nov 16, 2021
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Researchers discover unique immune response by cells critical to lung health
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered that a specific type of lung cell exhibits unconventional immune properties and may contribute to the outcome of respiratory viral infections. The ...
Jun 28, 2021
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Immunology
Virus-mimicking drug helps immune system target cunning cancer cells
Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that a drug that activates the body's natural defenses by behaving like a virus may also make certain stealthy melanoma tumors visible to the immune system, ...
Oct 14, 2020
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Acidic niche keeps lymphatic system in check during immune response
In the fight against cancer, the immune system is the first line of defense. The lymphatic system specifically is essential to protecting the body against foreign invaders. Activation of immune cells in the lymph nodes leads ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Tumors disrupt the immune system throughout the body
Cancer treatment has advanced with the advent of immunotherapies that, in some cancers, can overcome tumors' ability to evade the immune system by suppressing local immune responses. But a new study in mice by UC San Francisco ...
Jun 4, 2020
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