CAR T cell therapy is a promising immunological treatment for cancer. It involves the engineering chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) to
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Synthetic cells capture and reveal hidden messages of the immune system
When immune cells detect harmful pathogens or cancer, they mobilise and coordinate a competent defence response. To do this effectively
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Researchers convert pro-tumor macrophages into cancer killers
Epithelial cancers, such as cancers of the lung and pancreas, use the ανβ3 molecule to gain drug resistance to standard
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Lassa virus’ soft spot revealed
As this year’s Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria is finally ebbing, the total tally came to more than 600 infected
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New cause of cell aging discovered: Findings have huge implications for cancer and age-related health conditions
New research from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering could be key to our understanding of how the aging process
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Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients: The study could offer hope to others with severely compromised immune systems
A newer form of shingles vaccine reduced outbreaks of the painful rash among patients who were transplanted with their own
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Addicted to Ran, ovarian cancer cells stop moving when deprived
Did you know that 90% of cancer patients die from distant metastasis? The latter occurs when cancer cells have the
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Immunotherapy could work against bowel cancers resistant to important targeted treatment
Patients with bowel cancer who have stopped responding to a widely used targeted drug could benefit from immunotherapy, a major
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Models of ‘seeds and soil’ to combat breast cancer metastasis
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified key biological pathways that regulate the spread of tumor cells to vital
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Sweet! How C. difficile toxin A enters intestinal cells: CRISPR/Cas9 genetic screen reveals the entry portal, and a potential treatment strategy
Clostridiodes difficile infection has become a leading cause of severe, sometimes fatal diarrheal illness. It flourishes best in hospitals and
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