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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Scientists restore performance of quantum dot solar cells using short ligands to reduce surface defects
A schematic diagram of bilateral ligand binding on the surface of perovskite quantum dots. Credit: DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of ...
Here’s why B cells benefit from booster shots
Recall germinal centers formed in response to secondary infection generate a second line of defense, repelling memory B cells in ...
Scientists discover new mechanism controlling T cells in inflammation
Graphical summary. Credit: Immunity (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.08.008 Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new mechanism that controls a specialized group ...
Tufted cells act as regenerative stem cells in human gut, study finds
Proliferating clump cells also exist in human primary intestinal tissue. Credit: Lulu Huang, Daniel Krueger / Hubrecht Institute Cells in ...
Viruses hide in the immune cells of the lungs long after the initial illness
A 3D reconstruction of a mouse lung four days after infection with fluorescent Sendai virus reveals widespread viral presence (red) ...
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 ...
Stem cells provide a lifeline for T cells as cancer champions
MitoT experimental workflow on native and CAR-engineered T cells. Credit: Journal of Translational Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05627-4 In a pioneering ...
