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Cancer Immunology
Cancer Immunology: is an interdisciplinary branch of biology concerned with the role of the immune system in the progression and development of cancer; the most well known application is cancer immunotherapy, where the immune system is used to treat cancer.
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MAY 08, 2022Technology
A cytokine storm is a severe immune system reaction where the body is flooded with cells and molecules (called cytokines ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 06, 2022Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects most people; it's thought that when we're young, about 90 percent of us acq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A molecule produced when on low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets suppresses the growth of colorectal tumors in the lab. The ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2022Immunology
The immune system can get tired when it has to fight against a chronic infection or a disease like cancer. Exhausted T c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2022Cancer
Substantial evidence supports the association between exercise and reduced risk of colon cancer. Physical act ...Written By: Katie KokolusAPR 20, 2022Immunology
Antibiotic resistance has increased the demand for new antibiotic treatments. Now, researchers have found that a ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 20, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Dendritic cells play an important role in the immune system. Specifically, they help gather up antigen-presenting cells ...Written By: Ryan VingumAPR 20, 2022Cancer
Recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have led to significant clinical benefits for patients with variou ...Written By: Katie KokolusAPR 20, 2022Cancer
Uveal melanoma is a rare type of cancer that grows in the melanin, the dark-colored pigment of the eye. About ...Written By: Katie KokolusAPR 11, 2022Health & Medicine
Clinical trials are soon to be underway to examine the effectiveness of vaccines meant to prevent or delay cancer in hig ...Written By: Alexandria BassAPR 08, 2022Immunology
Zinc is a mineral that's known to boost the function of the immune system, and now scientists have learned more about ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A ketogenic diet- or a ‘keto’ diet- which is high in fat and low in protein and carbohydrates, may help kill ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 24, 2022Immunology
Our bodies need sugar; carbohydrates are critical to health. But many of the foods we consume, like soft drinks, cereals ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2022Health & Medicine
With modern amenities and luxuries, it's easy to be unaware of just how much we may neglect the outdoors and its hea ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAR 20, 2022Health & Medicine
Scientists have investigated the role of regulatory T cells in autoimmune disease. Regulatory T cells carry the CD4 prot ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAR 15, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
On Monday, March 14, the biotech company Moderna announced that the first participant had been dosed with a ne ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizMAR 14, 2022Cancer
Over the past decade, immunotherapy drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as a promising an ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 11, 2022Immunology
T cells are on the front lines of the immune system, and many reside in the blood and lymph nodes, surveying for and res ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2022Immunology
T cells are on the front lines of the immune system, and can work against infections and cancer cells. But the activity ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2022Cancer
Esophageal cancer, also known as cancer of the food pipe, gullet cancer, or oesophageal cancer, develops in the tube tha ...Written By: Katie KokolusFEB 21, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Two people have been cured of HIV, and now, a US woman joins them. In this third case, stem cell transplants were being ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2022Plants & Animals
Prostate cancer affects about one in eight men each year, and is one of the most common types of cancer in men). Researc ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 08, 2022Health & Medicine
According to the American Cancer Society, early-onset colorectal cancer has been on the rise for the past 30 to 50 years ...Written By: Alexandria BassFEB 08, 2022Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
MAY 08, 2022
Technology
A cytokine storm is a severe immune system reaction where the body is flooded with cells and molecules (called cytokines
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 06, 2022
Immunology
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects most people; it's thought that when we're young, about 90 percent of us acq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A molecule produced when on low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets suppresses the growth of colorectal tumors in the lab. The
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2022
Immunology
The immune system can get tired when it has to fight against a chronic infection or a disease like cancer. Exhausted T c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2022
Cancer
Substantial evidence supports the association between exercise and reduced risk of colon cancer. Physical act
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
APR 20, 2022
Immunology
Antibiotic resistance has increased the demand for new antibiotic treatments. Now, researchers have found that a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 20, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Dendritic cells play an important role in the immune system. Specifically, they help gather up antigen-presenting cells
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
APR 20, 2022
Cancer
Recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have led to significant clinical benefits for patients with variou
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
APR 20, 2022
Cancer
Uveal melanoma is a rare type of cancer that grows in the melanin, the dark-colored pigment of the eye. About
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
APR 11, 2022
Health & Medicine
Clinical trials are soon to be underway to examine the effectiveness of vaccines meant to prevent or delay cancer in hig
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
APR 08, 2022
Immunology
Zinc is a mineral that's known to boost the function of the immune system, and now scientists have learned more about ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A ketogenic diet- or a ‘keto’ diet- which is high in fat and low in protein and carbohydrates, may help kill
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 24, 2022
Immunology
Our bodies need sugar; carbohydrates are critical to health. But many of the foods we consume, like soft drinks, cereals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2022
Health & Medicine
With modern amenities and luxuries, it's easy to be unaware of just how much we may neglect the outdoors and its hea
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAR 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Scientists have investigated the role of regulatory T cells in autoimmune disease. Regulatory T cells carry the CD4 prot
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAR 15, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
On Monday, March 14, the biotech company Moderna announced that the first participant had been dosed with a ne
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
MAR 14, 2022
Cancer
Over the past decade, immunotherapy drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as a promising an
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 11, 2022
Immunology
T cells are on the front lines of the immune system, and many reside in the blood and lymph nodes, surveying for and res
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2022
Immunology
T cells are on the front lines of the immune system, and can work against infections and cancer cells. But the activity
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2022
Cancer
Esophageal cancer, also known as cancer of the food pipe, gullet cancer, or oesophageal cancer, develops in the tube tha
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 21, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two people have been cured of HIV, and now, a US woman joins them. In this third case, stem cell transplants were being
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2022
Plants & Animals
Prostate cancer affects about one in eight men each year, and is one of the most common types of cancer in men). Researc
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 08, 2022
Health & Medicine
According to the American Cancer Society, early-onset colorectal cancer has been on the rise for the past 30 to 50 years
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
FEB 08, 2022
Immunology
Tumors have a sneaky strategy of becoming resistant to chemotherapy drugs—they have a way of “pumping
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes