Posts Tagged ‘immunotherapy’
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 ArticleLoss of a DNA repair system creates a unique vulnerability in many cancer types
Cancer cells adapt to potentially fatal mutations and other molecular malfunctions by adjusting one or more other genes’ activity, …
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 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 ArticleGut microbiome directs the immune system to fight cancer
The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors–which “release the brakes” of the body’s immune system to launch an efficient tumor attack–are a major breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy. …
Read Full ArticleNew immunotherapy – chemotherapy combination can shrink pancreatic tumors
A new combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer caused tumors to shrink in the majority of evaluable patients …
Read Full ArticleNew glioblastoma vaccine shows promising results in phase Ib clinical trial
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of primary brain cancer, one with a prognosis of 11-15 months with standard treatment. …
Read Full ArticleTopical immunotherapy keeps skin cancer risk at bay
A combination of two topical creams already shown to clear precancerous skin lesions from sun-damaged skin also lowers the risk that patients will later develop squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. …
Read Full ArticlePreclinical data shows combination immunotherapy could stop liver cancer growth
Even as overall cancer incidence and mortality decrease in the United States, the number of people diagnosed with liver cancer is on the rise. …
Read Full ArticlePrecision drugs could unmask cancers to immune system and boost effects of immunotherapy
Precision cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a previously unknown ability to boost immune responses, and could help many more patients benefit from immunotherapy, …
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