The components of the immune system that trigger allergic reactions may also help protect the skin against cancer, suggest new
Read more
Home » Skin Cancer »
T cell engineering breakthrough sidesteps need for viruses in gene-editing: With faster, cheaper, more precise technique, authors say it’s ‘off to the races’ toward new cell therapies
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UC San Francisco scientists have genetically reprogrammed the
Read more
Engineered cancer cells can fight primary and metastatic cancer: CRISPR-enhanced, reverse-engineered cancer cells with a ‘kill switch’ can home in on and destroy tumors
What if cancer cells could be re-engineered to turn against their own kind? A new study led by researchers at
Read more
Stem cell therapy drug may protect against smoke-related COPD symptoms: Stem cell mobilization protects lung function in mouse study
A drug used in stem cell therapy to treat certain cancers may also protect against cigarette smoke-induced lung injury. The
Read more
Loss of cilia leads to melanoma
Melanomas are one of the most aggressive types of tumors in humans. Despite remarkable success with new forms of treatment
Read more
A new tactic for starving tumors
A tumor’s goal is simple: to grow, grow, grow, by making more cancer cells. But that often means growing so
Read more
New target to stop cancer growth uncovered
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer cells secrete large numbers of
Read more
How might baking soda boost cancer therapy? Researchers describe how acidity turns oxygen-starved cancer cells dormant and drug resistant — and a potentially easy way reverse the effect
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered an entirely novel mechanism by which cells enter a state of dormancy as
Read more
Man against machine: AI is better than dermatologists at diagnosing skin cancer
Researchers have shown for the first time that a form of artificial intelligence or machine learning known as a deep
Read more
Different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells: Epigenomics survey of human immune cells has implications for fighting chronic infections, autoimmunity, and cancer
The battle between the human immune system and long-term, persisting infections and other chronic diseases such as cancer results in
Read more