Breast cancer study uncovers how macrophages may contribute to a therapeutic weak spot
Breast cancer, the second most common cancer in the United States, can result from a…
Browsing: macrophages
New technology tracks role of macrophages in cancer spread
Macrophages, cells that help engulf and destroy harmful organisms in the body, tend to be…
‘Backpacks’ boost immune cells’ ability to kill cancer
Macrophages are immune cells that patrol the body looking for potential threats like viruses, bacteria,…
A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages
Developing a therapy to combat cancer remains one of the most difficult challenges in medical…
New ‘don’t eat me’ signal may provide basis for cancer therapies
Researchers have discovered a new signal that cancers seem to use to evade detection and…
Antibody therapy training phagocytes to destroy tumours now tested on patients
Researchers have developed an immunotherapeutic antibody therapy that re-educates macrophages to activate passivated cytotoxic T…
Why some brain tumours respond to immunotherapy
Researchers have learned why some glioblastomas, which are the most common type of brain cancer…
Energising the immune system to attack and eat cancer cells
Immune cells called macrophages are supposed to serve and protect, but cancer has found ways…
New cancer immunotherapy shows promise in early tests
Much cancer immunotherapy research has focused on harnessing the immune system’s T cells to fight…
Study provides path for new immunotherapy approaches to prostate cancer
Prostate cancer, notoriously resistant to immunotherapy due to its immunologically cool nature, triggers two pathways…