Insights into the workings of an immune cell surface receptor, called PD-1, reveal how treatments that restrict its action can potentially be strengthened to improve their anticancer effect, a new study shows. The same findings ...
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Combined, infection, autoimmunity and cancer account for 4 out of every 10 deaths worldwide, and represent major global health challenges. In a paper in the journal Cell Reports, Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) researchers ...
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People who have had a kidney transplant are at high risk for developing skin cancers. New research directed by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is exploring the best combination of treatments to target ...
Feb 28, 2024
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One of the immune system's primary roles is to detect and kill cells that have acquired cancerous mutations. However, some early-stage cancer cells manage to evade this surveillance and develop into more advanced tumors.
Feb 28, 2024
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A study by a scientific team from the University of Vienna and the MedUni Vienna, recently published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, shows that the enzyme phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH) acts as a metabolic checkpoint ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Researchers at the Technion's Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences have discovered a subset of blood cells that predict the success of immunotherapy ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Vitamin B6 is beneficial in many ways, notably for its role in maintaining a strong immune system. However, when pancreatic cancer develops, its cells also need vitamin B6 to replicate. During the ensuing tug-of-war over ...
Feb 23, 2024
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In the ever-evolving battle against cancer, immunotherapy presents a turning point. It began with harnessing the body's immune system to fight cancer, a concept rooted more than a century ago but only gaining significant ...
Feb 21, 2024
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In the U.S., 4 out of 10 cancer cases are associated with preventable risk factors. That's according to the latest Cancer Progress Report from the American Association for Cancer Research. February is National Cancer Prevention ...
Feb 20, 2024
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The waste system of living cells, the proteasome, not only shreds disused or damaged proteins, it also supports the immune system by recognizing virally infected or cancerous cells by producing protein fragments, so-called ...
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