Immune cells that fight cancer become exhausted within hours of first encountering tumours – new research
Mary Philip, Vanderbilt University and Michael Rudloff, Vanderbilt University A key function of our immune…
Browsing: immune cells
Exercise increases the number of cancer-destroying immune cells in cancer patients
Two new Finnish studies show that short bouts of light or moderate exercise can increase…
Link between immune cells’ neighbours and pancreatic cancer survival
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine have discovered that the organization of different types of immune…
Right “program” could turn immune cells into cancer killers
Cancer-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer whose tumours do not respond to immunotherapies…
Researchers discover how breast cancer cells hide from immune attack
Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA, have identified…
‘Reprogramming’ immune cells could switch defence into attack to treat prostate cancer
Drugs that can ‘reprogramme’ immune cells from protecting cancer to attacking it could be an…
Researchers decipher a new way that immune cells detect infections and cancers
Published in Science, the research team from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty…
Transition to exhaustion: Clues for cancer immunotherapy
Research on immune cells “exhausted” by chronic viral infection provides clues on how to refine…
Scientists discover secret to making immune cells better cancer killers
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a defect in immune…
Tumour trained T cells go on patrol
‘Tumour-trained’ immune cells – which have the potential to kill cancer cells – have been…