Oncology & Cancer
A new hope in immunotherapy against cancer
In a new study published in Molecular Oncology, researchers have discovered a novel mechanism to enhance the body's immune response to tumors.
Apr 3, 2024
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News tagged with cell immunity
Oncology & Cancer
Investigating mechanisms of aggressive glioblastoma tumor growth
Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a metabolism-related gene that may play a role in recruiting immune cells to support the growth of aggressive brain tumors, according to a study recently published in Nature ...
Mar 27, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune evasion tactics of liver cancer cells revealed
A faulty cancer gene helps tumors evade immunity by stopping tumor cells releasing message-containing cargoes called exosomes. These findings, published in eLife, provide what the editors say is fundamental insight into the ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Genetics
Cellular architecture of lesions in multiple sclerosis now mapped out
Using advanced methodology, scientists in Sweden were able to reveal at the cellular level how lesions in multiple sclerosis develop. The new results are presented in the journal Cell by researchers from Karolinska Institutet ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Medical research
Pancreas cells in people who have died show significant signs of stress
People with type 1 diabetes require daily insulin shots to regulate their blood sugar levels. This is because their immune system kills beta cells found in islets in the pancreas. Beta cells release and disburse insulin to ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Genetics
Q&A: Stem-immunity hubs associated with response to immunotherapy
Jonathan Chen, MD, Ph.D., an investigator in the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Nir Hacohen, Ph.D., director of the Center of Cancer Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are co-authors ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Neuroscience
Research offers insight into future understanding of MS and its treatments
The test that was developed using an existing diagnostic procedure as its basis and has the potential to be applied in clinical trials that target the Epstein Barr Virus.
Apr 4, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers stimulate gene that enhances CAR T-cell treatments for solid tumors
Researchers at Peter Mac have overcome a major barrier that could see a revolutionary immunotherapy treatment becoming successful on patients with solid cancer types.
Apr 11, 2024
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Immunology
Bioluminescence technology reveals role of protein in immune response modulation
Cutting-edge bioluminescence technology pioneered at The University of Western Australia has been used to uncover a potential game-changer in immunotherapy.
Mar 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists map the evolution of urinary tract cancer cells
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have performed the most comprehensive analysis to date of cancer of the ureters or the urine-collection cavities in the kidney, known as upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). The study, ...
Mar 18, 2024
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