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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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FEB 03, 2021Immunology
Researchers are still studying how long a person can stay immune against COVID-19 following infection. A new study by a ...Written By: Heba El-wassefFEB 02, 2021Immunology
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped bacteria, often given a bad rap thanks to its association with food poisoning. But c ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 02, 2021Immunology
By the time stomach cancer is diagnosed, it’s often bad news for patients. The disease often presents with relativ ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 28, 2021Immunology
Natural killer cells, or NK cells, are specialized immune cells of the innate immune system. Their job revolves around e ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 13, 2021Immunology
Tumors use ingenious approaches to stay just out of reach of immune cells on patrol and avoid detection. Indeed, cancer ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 12, 2021Immunology
The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 06, 2021Immunology
For prostate cancer patients, androgen deprivation therapy or ADT is a standard treatment aimed at stalling the growth o ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 29, 2020Immunology
Viruses that when administered to patients preferentially attack and kill cancer cells, leaving normal tissues unscathed ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 28, 2020Immunology
Our immune system is our army against any molecule that wants to invade our bodies like viruses, bacteria, and cancer. I ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 27, 2020Immunology
The thymus is an essential organ of the lymphatic system; it is responsible for developing mature T cells. T c ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 27, 2020Immunology
Obesity is a significant problem in our societies with increasing the risk for many diseases, including cancer. Can ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 25, 2020Immunology
Sitting down to enjoy an indulgent Christmas feast? A recent study in mice by Harvard Medicine scientists found t ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 08, 2020Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
CNIC researchers have found that there is an autoimmune link to cardiovascular disease that may improve diagnostic and t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2020Immunology
Smoking increases the risk of lung diseases by affecting the lungs in many ways. It irritates the lungs making ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 02, 2020Immunology
Receiving a vaccine (usually in the form of an inactivated pathogen) triggers an immune response without the symptoms of ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 29, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer researchers have long been searching for a way to target cancer cells while ignoring healthy cells. A team of sci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2020Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Nutrition is essential to health; what we eat in our daily diet affects our overall health condition and what diseases w ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 12, 2020Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 10, 2020Neuroscience
Video: Explains the challenges of delivering medicine to the brain, and possibly tools to pass the blood-brain bar ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaNOV 05, 2020Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 05, 2020Immunology
In a recent study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Toronto described the discovery of ancient DNA ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 02, 2020Immunology
In contrast to traditional chemotherapies, immunotherapies reprogram the patient’s own immune system to fight tumo ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
FEB 03, 2021
Immunology
Researchers are still studying how long a person can stay immune against COVID-19 following infection. A new study by a
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
FEB 02, 2021
Immunology
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped bacteria, often given a bad rap thanks to its association with food poisoning. But c
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 02, 2021
Immunology
By the time stomach cancer is diagnosed, it’s often bad news for patients. The disease often presents with relativ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 28, 2021
Immunology
Natural killer cells, or NK cells, are specialized immune cells of the innate immune system. Their job revolves around e
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 13, 2021
Immunology
Tumors use ingenious approaches to stay just out of reach of immune cells on patrol and avoid detection. Indeed, cancer
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 12, 2021
Immunology
The first organ transplant—performed over 60 years ago—was a success because the donor and recipient were id
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 06, 2021
Immunology
For prostate cancer patients, androgen deprivation therapy or ADT is a standard treatment aimed at stalling the growth o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 29, 2020
Immunology
Viruses that when administered to patients preferentially attack and kill cancer cells, leaving normal tissues unscathed
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 28, 2020
Immunology
Our immune system is our army against any molecule that wants to invade our bodies like viruses, bacteria, and cancer. I
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 27, 2020
Immunology
The thymus is an essential organ of the lymphatic system; it is responsible for developing mature T cells. T c
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 27, 2020
Immunology
Obesity is a significant problem in our societies with increasing the risk for many diseases, including cancer. Can
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 25, 2020
Immunology
Sitting down to enjoy an indulgent Christmas feast? A recent study in mice by Harvard Medicine scientists found t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 08, 2020
Immunology
Immunotherapies have emerged as a powerful treatment modality for cancer. They join chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy,
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
CNIC researchers have found that there is an autoimmune link to cardiovascular disease that may improve diagnostic and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Immunology
Smoking increases the risk of lung diseases by affecting the lungs in many ways. It irritates the lungs making
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 02, 2020
Immunology
Receiving a vaccine (usually in the form of an inactivated pathogen) triggers an immune response without the symptoms of
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 29, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer researchers have long been searching for a way to target cancer cells while ignoring healthy cells. A team of sci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2020
Immunology
There’s a new weapon in the battle against lung cancer metastases: red blood cells equipped with nanopartic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Nutrition is essential to health; what we eat in our daily diet affects our overall health condition and what diseases w
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 12, 2020
Immunology
Some viral infections just don’t go away. The hepatitis C virus, for instance, can result in life-long chronic inf
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 10, 2020
Neuroscience
Video: Explains the challenges of delivering medicine to the brain, and possibly tools to pass the blood-brain bar
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
NOV 05, 2020
Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 05, 2020
Immunology
In a recent study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Toronto described the discovery of ancient DNA
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 02, 2020
Immunology
In contrast to traditional chemotherapies, immunotherapies reprogram the patient’s own immune system to fight tumo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes