An unexpected trick in cancer's playbook may fool an important component of our immune systems into knocking down our natural defenses against solid tumors.
May 13, 2022
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A scientific team supported by the National Institutes of Health has created a tiny, bioengineered 3D model that mimics the biology of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and multifocal motor neuropathy, a pair ...
Apr 19, 2022
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Checkpoint inhibitors have become important tools in the cancer-fighting arsenal. By blocking proteins that normally restrain the immune response, these drugs can help the immune system destroy cancer cells.
Apr 19, 2022
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WEHI researchers have found a way to supercharge immune cells that could enable them to clear disease and infections faster.
Apr 14, 2022
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Houston Methodist researchers have identified the genetic and molecular fingerprints of different cancer and immune cells in glioblastoma, the deadliest and most common type of brain cancer in adults.
Apr 5, 2022
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Dogs are proving to be a far better scientific model for study of prostate cancer than mice, the typical animal used in the lab for this type of research. In the first use of canines in an advanced prostate cancer study, ...
Feb 7, 2022
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As the two-year anniversary of the pandemic approaches, a new commentary provides insights into reforming the "labyrinth of conflicting and uncoordinated actions among state and federal regulators" that in early 2020 hampered ...
Jan 10, 2022
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Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have identified, isolated, and characterized a unique population of B cells that tamps down the immune system, reducing chronic inflammation. Infusions of purified IL-27 regulatory ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Activating the immune system to battle infections or cancers depends on more than detecting the threat. The immune system must also detect whether its cells have sufficient nutrients to fuel the immune response.
Nov 19, 2021
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Switzerland on Tuesday authorised booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines for the over-65s, as it urged those with no protection at all to get immunised.
Oct 26, 2021
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