A study from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs led by Anna Vilgelm, MD, Ph.D., and Ann Richmond, Ph.D., has identified a possible second-line treatment for melanoma patients.
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Immunotherapeutic drugs are a potent way of transforming the immune system into a ferocious guard dog that can sniff out and destroy tumor cells. But for some therapies, it helps to have a leash. Without one, immunotherapies ...
Aug 14, 2019
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What if you didn't need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of insulin, or mitigate the onset of a seizure without even pushing a button?
Aug 12, 2019
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Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer that infiltrates surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat with surgery. Even when chemotherapy and radiation successfully destroy the bulk of a patient's ...
Aug 09, 2019
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Macrophages are white blood cells that accumulate in tumors, where they aid cancer progression. Now scientists have identified a surface protein found only on the macrophages residing in tumors, exposing a target for precise ...
Aug 02, 2019
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Mount Sinai researchers have developed a way to use immunotherapy drugs against treatment-resistant non-Hodgkin's lymphomas for the first time by combining them with stem cell transplantation, an approach that also dramatically ...
Aug 02, 2019
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While waiting on the transplant list, most patients are extremely sick and fighting just to stay alive.
Jul 31, 2019
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Are you enjoying the summer? Out grilling, swimming and hiking? Beware: those sunny days may come with a cost.
Jul 31, 2019
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Building on a track record of developing adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors as a groundbreaking clinical tool for gene therapy and gene editing, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) researchers report a more sensitive ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Massive hemorrhage, or excessive bleeding, is a potentially preventable yet a major cause of death in trauma patients.
Jul 30, 2019
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