Harnessing natural killer T cells to advance cancer immunotherapy of solid tumors
CAR-NKT cells target tumor cells in vitro. ARepresentative flow cytometry graphs illustrating the purity of NKT cells isolated from the ...
Tag: cancer
Cancer biologists find drug 5-fluorouracil works differently in different cancer types
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug called 5-fluorouracil has been used to treat many types of ...
Scientists discover special immune cells stop metastatic cancer
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Metastatic disease, when cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body, is ...
Early blood test may predict survival in men newly diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer, clinical trial finds
Credit: CC0 Public domain A blood test, performed when metastatic prostate cancer is first diagnosed, can predict which patients are ...
Pancreatic cancer tumor map reveals notable differences between primary and metastatic disease
Identification of pancreatic cancer architecture. Credit: Natural genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01914-4 Researchers at Indiana University's Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive ...
Study reveals role of gamma-delta T cells in cancer immunology
Comprehensive pan-cancer analysis of γδ TCRs. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101764 A new study published in Cell Reports ...
New microchip captures exosomes for faster, more sensitive detection of lung cancer from a blood test
The twisted disk shape of the gold nanoparticle creates chirality, or asymmetry, ensuring strong interaction with light. The central cavity ...
Increase in the number of cases of breast cancer among women under 50
While the rate of breast cancer deaths in the United States continues to decline, an increase in cases among women ...
Banning tobacco sales among young people could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Creating a generation of people who never smoke could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths worldwide, ...
Researchers create first large-scale atlas of how immune cells respond to mutations during cancer immunotherapy
Neoantigen screening design and genomic characteristics of the NSCLC cohort. AWES was carried out on n = 58 pre-therapeutic samples ...
