Medications
Fit to burst: How cancer-exploding viruses are changing the game
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery of new T-cell raises prospect of 'universal' cancer therapy
Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered a new type of killer T-cell that offers hope of a "one-size-fits-all" cancer therapy.
Jan 21, 2020
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Immunology
Newborn immune system detects harmful skin bacteria
The immune system must learn from early in life to tolerate bacteria that normally populate healthy skin, while still defending against more dangerous "bugs," but how immune cells make this distinction has long been a mystery.
Nov 26, 2019
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Immunology
Atom bomb tests used to age the immune system
The pulse of environmental carbon-14 released by atom bomb tests in the early years of the Cold War has allowed researchers to understand how humans can still mount an immune response to diverse pathogens well into their ...
Oct 30, 2019
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Neuroscience
By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell transplants to repair the brain
In experiments in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have developed a way to successfully transplant certain protective brain cells without the need for lifelong anti-rejection drugs.
Sep 16, 2019
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Medications
Dosing regimen for an old cancer drug shows new promise as an immunotherapy
As cancer cells progress, they accumulate hundreds and even thousands of genetic and epigenetic changes, resulting in protein expression profiles that are radically different from that of healthy cells. But despite their ...
Jul 18, 2019
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Medical research
Helping transplanted stem cells stick around and do their jobs
Bone marrow transplants of hematopoietic stem cells have become standard treatment for a host of conditions including cancers of the blood and lymphatic systems, sickle cell anemia, inherited metabolic disorders, and radiation ...
Jul 15, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
The growing need for bone marrow donors
Close to 5,000 people in the U.S. undergo a bone marrow transplant annually. Also known as a stem cell transplant, this procedure replaces damaged or diseased bone marrow with healthy cells.
Jul 9, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Confining cell-killing treatments to tumors
Cytokines, small proteins released by immune cells to communicate with each other, have for some time been investigated as a potential cancer treatment.
Jun 26, 2019
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Health
How common gut bacteria trigger a lethal autoimmune disease
What causes the immune system, designed to protect us, to turn on the body and attack healthy cells? Common bacteria that reside in the human gut may be partly to blame, say Yale researchers, who studied the origins of a ...
Jun 19, 2019
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