Uncovering more options in cancer immunotherapy
To make it possible for cancer immunotherapy to help more people, think small. Small molecules,…
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Vaccine, checkpoint drugs combination shows promise for pancreatic cancers
Researchers have discovered a combination of a cancer vaccine with two checkpoint drugs reduced pancreatic…
Research review underscores progress in treating kidney cancer, importance of close patient monitoring
With the swift introduction of approved immunotherapy approaches into the treatment landscape for many cancers,…
New ‘SLICE’ tool can massively expand immune system’s cancer-fighting repertoire
Immunotherapy can cure some cancers that until fairly recently were considered fatal. In addition to…
First of its kind research models immune responses in cellular immunotherapies
In the Cellular Immunotherapy and Transplantation Program at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, scientists…
Anti-cancer virus fits tumour receptor like a ‘key in a lock’
Seneca Valley Virus sounds like the last bug you’d want to catch, but it could…
Immunotherapy effective against hereditary melanoma
Individuals with an inherited form of skin cancer often have a poor prognosis. The type…
How two 1990s discoveries have led to (some) cured cancers, and a Nobel Prize
Craig Gedye, University of Newcastle This year’s award of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and…
Why we’re looking for cancer clues in urine
Barbara Guinn, University of Hull The human immune system is actually quite good at killing…
Killer cell immunotherapy offers potential cure for advanced pancreatic cancer
A new approach to treating pancreatic cancer using ‘educated killer cells’ has shown promise, according…