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Cell Therapy
Cell therapy is therapy in which cellular material is injected into a patient; this generally means intact, living cells. For example, T cells capable of fighting cancer cells via cell-mediated immunity may be injected in the course of immunotherapy.
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JAN 30, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Our hearing ability depends on small sensory hair cells in the inner ear. These microscopic hair cells sense sound vibra ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The entire genome of humans has been sequenced, but we still don’t know everything about every gene. Genes sometim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years after receiving the treatment, scientists have confirmed that two infants with cancer that received a type ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The hallucinogenic effects of LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, are very long lasting; a dose of the drug can act for ove ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2017Cardiology
Past studies have linked certain genetic variations to cancer, but a new study suggests that similar mutations al ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In the central nervous system, cells called microglia act to protect it. When a pathogen like a virus activates microgli ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2017Immunology
B cells are the multi-taskers of the immune system, and their different duties require different amounts of energy. A ne ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 24, 2017Cardiology
A process using human stem cells can generate the epicardium cells that cover the outer surface of a human heart. & ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 23, 2017Immunology
The green pus you see if a wound is infected is gross, but it’s also a sign that the immune system has things unde ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2017Immunology
New technology allows scientists to watch immune cells move in real time, and researchers recently took advantage of thi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 21, 2017Cancer
Acting like cunning thieves in the night, pancreatic cancer can hack into their microenvironment to selfishly steal the ...JAN 21, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A Chinese company recently laid claim to being the first to successfully implant 3D, synthetically printed blood vessels ...JAN 19, 2017Cancer
Off-label use of an antimalarial drug saved the life of a 26-year-old patient dying of treatment-resistant brain cancer. ...JAN 18, 2017Cardiology
Ten years ago, a diagnosis of “advanced heart failure” was essentially a death sentence, aside from the pati ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 17, 2017Cancer
It’s estimated that as much as 90 percent of cancer deaths are due to metastasis - the spread of cancer from the p ...JAN 16, 2017Immunology
We all know that exercise is “good for us” whether it’s for weight control, heart, bone, and muscle st ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 16, 2017Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A drug called ocrelizumab has had some success in separate clinical trials. It was able to decrease new attacks in patie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2017Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 13, 2017Immunology
TGF-beta may be an “old story” in the study of cancer but a plot twist was recently encountered by scientist ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In the following video from the Francis Crick Institute, you can get a look at why cancer cells are able to proliferate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2017Cancer
For aggressive, intractable triple-negative breast cancers, there’s still hope. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic fou ...JAN 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Our hearing ability depends on small sensory hair cells in the inner ear. These microscopic hair cells sense sound vibra
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The entire genome of humans has been sequenced, but we still don’t know everything about every gene. Genes sometim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Several years after receiving the treatment, scientists have confirmed that two infants with cancer that received a type
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The hallucinogenic effects of LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, are very long lasting; a dose of the drug can act for ove
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2017
Cardiology
Past studies have linked certain genetic variations to cancer, but a new study suggests that similar mutations al
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the central nervous system, cells called microglia act to protect it. When a pathogen like a virus activates microgli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2017
Immunology
B cells are the multi-taskers of the immune system, and their different duties require different amounts of energy. A ne
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 24, 2017
Cardiology
A process using human stem cells can generate the epicardium cells that cover the outer surface of a human heart. &
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 23, 2017
Immunology
The green pus you see if a wound is infected is gross, but it’s also a sign that the immune system has things unde
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2017
Immunology
New technology allows scientists to watch immune cells move in real time, and researchers recently took advantage of thi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 21, 2017
Cancer
Acting like cunning thieves in the night, pancreatic cancer can hack into their microenvironment to selfishly steal the
...
JAN 21, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A Chinese company recently laid claim to being the first to successfully implant 3D, synthetically printed blood vessels
...
JAN 19, 2017
Cancer
Off-label use of an antimalarial drug saved the life of a 26-year-old patient dying of treatment-resistant brain cancer.
...
JAN 18, 2017
Cardiology
Ten years ago, a diagnosis of “advanced heart failure” was essentially a death sentence, aside from the pati
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 17, 2017
Cancer
It’s estimated that as much as 90 percent of cancer deaths are due to metastasis - the spread of cancer from the p
...
JAN 16, 2017
Immunology
We all know that exercise is “good for us” whether it’s for weight control, heart, bone, and muscle st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 16, 2017
Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A drug called ocrelizumab has had some success in separate clinical trials. It was able to decrease new attacks in patie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2017
Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 13, 2017
Immunology
TGF-beta may be an “old story” in the study of cancer but a plot twist was recently encountered by scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the following video from the Francis Crick Institute, you can get a look at why cancer cells are able to proliferate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2017
Cancer
For aggressive, intractable triple-negative breast cancers, there’s still hope. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic fou
...
JAN 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch