Oncology & Cancer
World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients
A new medication which can be applied to the skin could help prevent organ transplant recipients from developing harmful skin cancers.
Nov 19, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Undesirable rejection mechanism identified in stem cell transplantation
In the treatment of leukemia, stem cell transplantation subsequent to chemotherapy and radiation can often engender severe adverse inflammatory reactions—especially in the skin or in the gut, since these so-called barrier ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Medical research
Gene-edited monkey embryos give researchers new way to study HIV cure
A gene that cured a man of HIV a decade ago has been successfully added to developing monkey embryos in an effort to study more potential treatments for the disease.
Nov 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Blocking energy pathway reduces GVHD while retaining anti-cancer effects of T-cells
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers identified that blocking an alternative energy pathway for T-cells after hematopoietic stem cell transplant helps reduce graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in an animal model of leukemia.
Nov 5, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Priming the immune system to attack cancer
Immunotherapies, such as checkpoint inhibitor drugs, have made worlds of difference for the treatment of cancer. Most clinicians and scientists understand these drugs to act on what's known as the adaptive immune system, ...
Oct 29, 2020
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Health
Langerhans cells are up to the job, they just need a chance
Blood stem cell transplants are an important part of treatment for a variety of serious conditions. However, adverse reactions of the host to donor cells present a significant risk. Now, researchers from the University of ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Pediatrics
Researchers lead national efforts around childhood blood disorders
When a child has a rare blood disorder, clinicians can struggle to find the best diagnostic and treatment methods. New research led by UT Southwestern shows the effectiveness of a treatment for aplastic anemia and reveals ...
Oct 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cure found for rare form of inflammatory bowel disease
A rare genetic condition which causes inflammatory bowel disease can be successfully treated by bone marrow transplant, according to University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust researchers.
Oct 13, 2020
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Medical research
New biomarker to prevent graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplants discovered
A recent report published in Science Translational Medicine by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center investigator Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., sheds light on immune cell biomarkers that may reveal which patients are most at risk for ...
Oct 7, 2020
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Medical research
A small T cell switch with a big impact
T cells play a key role in the human immune system. They are capable of distinguishing diseased or foreign tissue from the body's own, healthy tissue with great accuracy; they are capable of triggering the actions necessary ...
Oct 5, 2020
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