Posts Tagged ‘immune cells’
Cancers ‘change spots’ to avoid immunotherapy
Cancers can make themselves harder for new immunotherapies to see by ‘changing their spots’ – and switching off a key molecule on the cell surface. …
Read Full ArticleEliminating damaged mitochondria alleviates chronic inflammatory disease in mice
Treatment with a choline kinase inhibitor prompts immune cells to clear away damaged mitochondria, thus reducing NLRP3 inflammasome activation and preventing inflammation. …
Read Full ArticleSingle-cell sequencing reveals landscape of immune cell subtypes in lung cancer tumors
The recent emergence of immunotherapy has marked a sea change in research and care for many forms of cancer, bringing new hope to patients and families …
Read Full ArticleImmune cells key to predicting cancer outcomes, research suggests
Scientists have identified key changes in immune cells within cancerous tumors that could help improve the development of treatments. …
Read Full ArticleImmunotherapy kicks and kills HIV by exploiting a common virus
In a first on the quest to cure HIV, scientists report they’ve developed an all-in-one immunotherapy approach that not only kicks HIV out of hiding in the immune system, but also kills it. …
Read Full ArticleTransplanted bone marrow endothelial progenitor cells delay ALS disease progression
A new preclinical study finds that regenerative cell therapy boosts motor neuron survival by repairing the blood-spinal cord barrier. …
Read Full ArticleResearchers reveal how immune cells help tumors escape body’s defenses
New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center sheds light on how tumors use the body’s regulators of immunity for their own benefit. …
Read Full ArticleTumor-associated immune cells hinder frontline chemotherapy drug in pancreatic cancer
A frontline chemotherapy drug given to patients with pancreatic cancer is made less effective because similar compounds released by tumor-associated …
Read Full ArticlePeptide shows promise for protecting kidneys from nephritis
A synthetic peptide appears to directly disrupt the destructive inflammation that occurs in nephritis, enabling the kidneys to better recover …
Read Full ArticleAnti-TB drugs can increase risk of TB re-infection
Current treatments for tuberculosis (TB) are very effective in controlling TB infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). They don’t, however, always prevent reinfection. …
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