St. Jude scientists discover potential CAR T cell therapy target for brain and solid tumors
Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are moving the field of cancer immunotherapy one step closer to treating brain ...
Tag: Cancer Immunotherapy
"Two-for-one" cancer immunotherapy more effective and at least as safe as standard treatments
A "two-for-one" cancer immunotherapy is potentially more effective and at least as safe as standard immunotherapies, physician-scientists from UPMC Hillman ...
Liquid biopsies could be used as an early marker of immunotherapy response, study finds
Liquid biopsies are blood tests that can serially measure circulating tumor DNA (cell-free DNA that is shed into the bloodstream ...
Scientists discover new way to defeat invisible cancer cells
Modern immunotherapies boost the body's own defenses against cancer. They activate killer T cells of the immune system that can ...
Two studies spotlight intestinal T cells that could be targeted to prevent resistance to ICB cancer therapy
Two new studies in Science and Science Immunology spotlight a group of intestinal T cells with α4β7 integrin receptors that ...
Augmented drug preferentially eliminates cancer cells but does not harm healthy cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have revamped an anti-cancer drug to better target cancer cells and leave healthy tissues unharmed. Scientists ...
Public-private collaboration receives grant for research on microbiota-boosted cancer therapy
Health~Holland has awarded close to € 800,000 to a public-private partnership between UMC Utrecht, Artizan Biosciences, Inc. (USA) and MicroViable ...
Research could lead to a new therapeutic option for patients with bladder cancer
Mount Sinai researchers have made two important discoveries about the mechanism by which bladder cancer cells foil attacks from the ...
Study paves new way to develop a predictive biomarker for TRAIL therapy
A cytokine named TRAIL binds to TRAIL receptors and kills cancer cells, but not normal cells. Therefore, various anticancer drugs ...
Terminally exhausted T cells may remain competent for transcription, researchers say
During a battle with cancer, T cells can become exhausted and are no longer able to function properly. The early ...
