‘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…
Browsing: immune cells
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…
Specific immune cells predict bowel cancer outcomes
A pilot study by University of Otago researchers suggests that people with colorectal cancer that…
How ‘cannibalism’ by breast cancer cells promotes dormancy: A possible clue into cancer recurrence
Thomas Bartosh, Texas A&M University Breast cancer death rates overall have steadily declined since 1989,…
Researchers quantify immune cells associated with future breast cancer risk
Researchers from Mayo Clinic have quantified the numbers of various types of immune cells associated…
Strategies to mimic fasting during chemotherapy enhance anticancer T cell activity in mice
Fasting is known to increase positive outcomes during cancer treatment, and now two independent studies…