MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers are finding solutions to the aging-related changes that reduce anti-cancer immunity. Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D., and colleagues found a novel link between aging, metabolism and anti-cancer ...
Jun 3, 2021
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a protein that helps tumors evade the immune system and, in certain types of cancers, is linked to a poorer chance of survival. The protein could become a target ...
Jun 2, 2021
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A novel form of macrophage-based immunotherapy is effective at treating a broad spectrum of cancers, including those at advanced stages, according to a groundbreaking study led by Georgia State immunology professor Yuan Liu.
May 31, 2021
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A new study exploits the characteristic epigenetic signatures of childhood tumors to detect, classify and monitor the disease. The scientists analyzed short fragments of tumor DNA that are circulating in the blood. These ...
May 28, 2021
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Antibodies aren't the only immune cells needed to fight off COVID-19—T cells are equally important and can step up to do the job when antibodies are depleted, suggests a new Penn Medicine study of blood cancer patients ...
May 27, 2021
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A new study with zebrafish shows that a deadly form of skin cancer—melanoma—alters the metabolism of healthy tissues elsewhere in the body. The research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that these other ...
May 13, 2021
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New research by Joseph Wu, Edgar Engelman, and colleagues at Stanford University, U.S., has advanced an old concept to develop a new strategy to train the immune system of mice to recognize cancer cells. This work is based ...
May 6, 2021
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Next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) technologies—in which millions of DNA molecules are simultaneously but individually analyzed—theoretically provides researchers and clinicians the ability to noninvasively identify ...
May 4, 2021
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Targeting a pathway that is essential for the survival of certain types of acute myeloid leukaemia could provide a new therapy avenue for patients, the latest research has found.
Apr 30, 2021
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The survival rate of cancer patients can drop to ten percent or less during metastasis, the spread of cancerous cells to create secondary tumors. Therefore, it is crucial that cancer is detected and treated before metastasis ...
Apr 19, 2021
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