Posts Tagged ‘immunotherapy’
Researchers identify enzyme that suppresses immune system in breast cancer
A preclinical study has shown that shutting down the activity of an enzyme involved in regulating the growth and spread of breast cancer cells activates anti-tumor immune responses. …
Read Full ArticleImmunotherapy drug delays type 1 diabetes in high risk children and adults
A drug that targets the immune system can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes an average of two years in children and adults at high risk, …
Read Full ArticleThree-drug combination helps curb the growth of deadly type of skin cancer
Combining an immunotherapy drug with two target therapies helps extend the lives of people with advanced melanoma. …
Read Full ArticlePersonalizing precision medicine with combination therapies improves outcomes in cancer
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that personalized, combination therapies improved outcomes in patients with therapy-resistant cancers. …
Read Full ArticleCancers ‘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 …
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