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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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JAN 04, 2016Immunology
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway, discovered in 2008 to promote type 1 interferon production in respon ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2016Immunology
A vaccine for cancer? The HER2-targeted vaccine could prevent the recurrence of HER2-postive breast cancers by boosting ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2015Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 24, 2015Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2015Immunology
Inhibiting large cellular populations of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs – look up) could be a new therapy ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 10, 2015Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 04, 2015Immunology
The germinal center of the immune system plays a complicated dual role in the body: vitally selecting B cells secreting ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2015Immunology
New research shows the appendix isn't as unnecessary as previously though. In fact, an entire group of innate lympho ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2015Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don' ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2015Immunology
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a long history of evading both the immune system and scientists trying to study how it ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2015Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 13, 2015Immunology
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes normally found in the body that play a role in inducing cell death in abnormal ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2015Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 24, 2015Immunology
"Patrolling monocytes" are white blood cells in the bloodstream that continuously check for cellular debris an ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The mitochondria of the cell are unusual organelles that serve as tiny little power plants that provide energy to our ce ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 21, 2015Cancer
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a critical role played by an enzyme in cancer and autoimmun ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Immunology
Cancer immunotherapy efforts have been mainly concentrated on the adaptive immune system, some even connecting epigeneti ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2015Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2015Cancer
Three researchers won prestigious medical awards for a new approach to treating cancer and insights into how creatures d ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 19, 2015Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2015Immunology
A phase III clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic benefit of the oncolytic virus Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-V ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 24, 2015Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi ...Written By: Robert Woodard
JAN 04, 2016
Immunology
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway, discovered in 2008 to promote type 1 interferon production in respon
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2016
Immunology
A vaccine for cancer? The HER2-targeted vaccine could prevent the recurrence of HER2-postive breast cancers by boosting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 26, 2015
Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 24, 2015
Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 23, 2015
Immunology
Inhibiting large cellular populations of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs – look up) could be a new therapy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 04, 2015
Immunology
The germinal center of the immune system plays a complicated dual role in the body: vitally selecting B cells secreting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2015
Immunology
New research shows the appendix isn't as unnecessary as previously though. In fact, an entire group of innate lympho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don'
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2015
Immunology
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a long history of evading both the immune system and scientists trying to study how it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2015
Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 13, 2015
Immunology
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes normally found in the body that play a role in inducing cell death in abnormal
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2015
Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
"Patrolling monocytes" are white blood cells in the bloodstream that continuously check for cellular debris an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mitochondria of the cell are unusual organelles that serve as tiny little power plants that provide energy to our ce
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 21, 2015
Cancer
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a critical role played by an enzyme in cancer and autoimmun
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Immunology
Cancer immunotherapy efforts have been mainly concentrated on the adaptive immune system, some even connecting epigeneti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2015
Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
Three researchers won prestigious medical awards for a new approach to treating cancer and insights into how creatures d
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, say that they have “made a significa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are some nasty diseases out there that can't be cured with today's medical technology. Such diseases include AIDS,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2015
Immunology
A phase III clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic benefit of the oncolytic virus Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-V
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 24, 2015
Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard