Bacteria, parasites, viruses—the immune system tackles them all. At the front line of the human immune response are cells called macrophages, which are responsible for correctly identifying intruders and then directing ...
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A new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reveals that the popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are linked to reduced incidence and recurrence of alcohol abuse ...
Jun 3, 2024
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Researchers have revealed a new method to significantly enhance the efficacy of bispecific antibody therapies in treating solid tumors. Their findings were published on May 13 in Cell Reports Medicine.
May 31, 2024
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Tumor cells often hijack normal physiological processes to support their growth, exploiting proteins that are in charge of essential cell functions. It is therefore important to block the activity of these proteins only in ...
May 29, 2024
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In the global hunt for both a cure and cancer treatments, researchers are finding it may be the very viruses we try to shield ourselves against that hold great promise in fighting the deadly disease.
May 24, 2024
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The number of mutations in the DNA of cancerous tumors may not be an indicator of how well patients will respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), a commonly prescribed type of immunotherapy, a team led by UT Southwestern ...
May 23, 2024
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In new research, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) show that the 100-year-old Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, originally developed to prevent tuberculosis, protects individuals with type 1 diabetes ...
May 22, 2024
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Research led by scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh has found that early good blood glucose control can minimize the lifetime risk of diabetes-related complications, including heart attacks, kidney failure ...
May 20, 2024
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Roughly one in five cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy—a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Such an approach to beating cancer has seen significant success in lung cancer and melanoma, among ...
May 17, 2024
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Long COVID is associated with active inflammatory changes in the nervous system, but the condition is distinct from Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, according to a Rutgers Health study.
May 16, 2024
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