Oncology & Cancer
Extensive review fills the gaps on immune system cancer research
New light has been shone on the role of specific protein components of the immune system in both causing and preventing cancer.
May 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research priorities for smell disorders revealed
From stem cell therapy to regenerating smell receptors, experts at the University of East Anglia have helped develop a list of research priorities for people with smell and taste disorders.
May 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Research team discovers new target for CAR T cells in solid tumors
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR T, has made a big impact on the treatment of certain blood cancers, allowing patients with relapsed/refractory disease to live longer, healthier lives. But in clinical study, ...
May 5, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also provide 'precision' treatment targets
About one-fifth of often deadly head and neck cancers harbor genetic mutations in a pathway that is key to normal cell growth, and scientists report those mutations, which enable abnormal cancer cell growth, can also make ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Lab findings suggest EGFR inhibitors may prevent rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of soft tissue cancer. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital studied the population of cells that persists after therapy, causing rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence. They found that these ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Predicting response to adoptive cell therapies in cancer
Immunotherapy has changed the way oncology patients are treated. Immunotherapy approaches, including the use of immunomodulatory agents to enhance anti-cancer responses and the recent development of adoptive cell therapies ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Neuroscience
Widespread brain receptor hides surprising mechanism of action
One of the most important molecules in the brain doesn't work quite the way scientists thought it did, according to new work by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Carnegie Mellon ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
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
A new toolkit to engineer safe and efficient therapeutic cells
Therapies based on engineered immune cells have recently emerged as a promising approach in the treatment of cancer. Compared to traditional drugs, engineered immune cells are more precise and sophisticated in their ability ...
Apr 15, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New method for detecting tumor cells with high specificity and sensitivity
The Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling at the University of Houston has developed a new way to detect very rare and highly heterogeneous circulating tumor cells with high specificity and sensitivity. The UniPro ...
Apr 13, 2022
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