Immunology
The battle between cancer and the immune system—who switches the off signals off?
Scientists have discovered key new information about how to boost our immune system's fight against cancer.
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers engineer macrophages to engulf cancer cells in solid tumors
One reason cancer is so difficult to treat is that it avoids detection by the body. Agents of the immune system are constantly checking the surfaces of cells for chemical signals that say they belong, but cancer cells express ...
Jul 14, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer immunotherapy may work in unexpected way
Antibodies to the proteins PD-1 and PD-L1 have been shown to fight cancer by unleashing the body's T cells, a type of immune cell. Now, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the therapy ...
May 18, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists zoom in on AIDS virus hideout
French scientists said Wednesday they had found a way to pinpoint elusive white blood cells which provide a hideout for the AIDS virus in people taking anti-HIV drugs.
Mar 15, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Antibody fights pediatric brain tumors in preclinical testing, study finds
Five types of pediatric brain cancer were safely and effectively treated in mice by an antibody that causes immune cells to engulf and eat tumors without hurting healthy brain cells, according to a new study by researchers ...
Mar 15, 2017
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Medical research
Research links senescent cells and atherosclerosis progression
Atherosclerosis is a disease in which arteries narrow due to plaques. That narrowing can lead to heart attacks and strokes—both of which are leading causes of death in the U.S. Now, in a paper published in Science, Mayo ...
Oct 27, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Mice survive brain cancer tumors lacking key surface proteins
A new scientific study has characterized a checkpoint protein that allows certain brain tumor cells to avoid the immune system. Tumors regularly avoid detection by decorating themselves with proteins that mimic those found ...
Jul 22, 2016
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Genetics
Chinese team to pioneer first human CRISPR trial
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Sichuan University's West China Hospital has announced plans to begin a clinical trial where cells modified using the CRISPR gene editing technique will be used on human beings ...
Immunology
Adults harbor lots of risky autoreactive immune cells, study finds
Decades' worth of textbook precepts about how our immune systems manage to avoid attacking our own tissues may be wrong.
May 19, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Development of personalized cellular therapy for brain cancer
Immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of deadly brain cancer were found to be both safe and effective at controlling tumor growth in mice that were treated with these modified cells, according to a study published ...
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