The latest immunotherapy news and developments
Why nanoparticles could prove a game changer for cancer immunotherapy
The major goal of cancer therapy is to destroy cancer cells while sparing the surrounding,…
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Increasing the immune system’s appetite for cancer protectors
A two-arm molecule can effectively deplete cancer-protecting cells inside tumours, allowing the immune system to…
Using viruses to discover cancer drug resistance mutations
Using a virus to purposely mutate genes that produce cancer-driving proteins could shed light on…
Cancer treatments didn’t falter in Australia during 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns
The findings come as welcome news as NSW lockdowns continue – but future cancer treatment patterns…
Scoring system predicts head and neck cancer patient response to immunotherapy
A prognostic scoring system that is cheap, efficient and reliable can predict how patients with…
Study identifies biomarker for breast cancer response to immunotherapy
A biomarker that has proven to be a predictor for response to immunotherapies in melanoma…
Personalised immunotherapy: Rapid screening of therapeutic combinations
An innovative testing platform that more closely mimics what cancer encounters in the body may…
New research could keep cancer-fighting T cells from burning out before the job is done
Fighting a tumour is a marathon, not a sprint. For cancer-fighting T cells, the race…
Personalised immunotherapy response studied in body-on-a-chip cancer models
Wake Forest researchers and clinicians are using patient-specific tumour ‘organoid’ models as a preclinical companion…
Advanced bladder cancers respond to immunotherapy regardless of gene mutation status
A new study has demonstrated that patients with advanced bladder cancers whose tumours have a…