Our skin contains specialized long-lived killer cells that protect against intruders. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now identified how these cells are formed, and shown that high levels of memory killer ...
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In a new translational study from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, researchers analyzed genetic changes in the organs of recently deceased patients to understand how metastatic cutaneous melanoma spreads in those ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Researchers from Harvard's Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology (HSCRB)'s Zon lab have discovered a new mechanism that influences melanoma development, a finding that could have wide implications for patients across a variety ...
Apr 27, 2023
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A new class of immunotherapy shows promising results for fighting the most aggressive form of skin cancer.
Apr 25, 2023
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In mice with melanoma, probiotic bacteria travel from the gut and establish in tumors, where they directly stimulate immune cells to make cancer immunotherapy more effective, according to a new study led by University of ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Even as pancreatic cancer treatments improve, only about 9% of patients survive past five years. Researchers have searched unsuccessfully to find genetic differences that explain why some patients survive long term and some ...
Apr 3, 2023
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A novel approach to administer intrathecal (IT) immunotherapy (directly into the spinal fluid) and intravenous (IV) immunotherapy was safe and improved survival in a subset of patients with leptomeningeal disease (LMD) from ...
Mar 30, 2023
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For the first time, a research team has identified and analyzed the steps by which immune cells "see" and respond to cancer cells, providing insights into reasons some treatments may be effective for certain patients but ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Thanks to a new prognostic method for detecting cancers including cancer of the large intestine, doctors could provide clearer disease prognoses and predict which patients will respond best to immunotherapy. The method consists ...
Feb 9, 2023
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A new clinical and preclinical study from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center identifies the DNA roots of resistance to targeted cancer therapy, providing a possible strategy to address a vexing issue in cancer therapeutics. ...
Jan 26, 2023
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