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Engineering T cells
Engineering T cells is a broad description of techniques used to modify a T cells obtained from a patient or healthy donor. T cells are a subset of immune cells responsible for targeting and killing tumor cells. Once harvested from a patient or donor, the T cells can be engineered in a laboratory making them better capable of killing a specific tumor. Examples of adoptive cell therapies using engineered T cells are T cell receptor (TCR)-engineered T cells and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells.
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MAR 22, 2018Neuroscience
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Researchers from HHMI identify signals displayed by cancer cells that were recognized by the immune system.Written By: Julia Travers
MAR 22, 2018
Neuroscience
It takes nine months for a baby to grow from a few cells to a full-term newborn and there’s a lot going on during
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 21, 2018
Microbiology
With specially engineered cells, researchers tested an explanation for why the Last Universal Common Ancestor split into
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Every time a cell divides, it has to replicate its DNA. Now researchers have been able to watch as errors happen in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
This new tool, SPLiT-seq, uses barcoding to tease out the genetic information in individual cells within tissue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have learned more about how immune cells use a toxic cocktail to battle bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The glowing proteins of jellyfish and fireflies were adapted for use in the research lab. Now that idea has been taken e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
While gluten-free foods seem like a food trend to some, for others they are a medical necessity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using mice as a model, the injection of two molecules that stimulate the immune system eliminated both solid tumors and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a process called phagocytosis, a cell ingests another cell, and that is thought to be central to the development of c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2018
Neuroscience
Glioblastomas, aggressive brain tumors that grow fast and are difficult to treat, were the subject of a collaboration be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 20, 2018
Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a freely accessible online kidney atlas. They are hopeful that scientists will use it to enginee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cuttlefish are extraordinary animals; they can transform in myriad ways. Scientists have learned more about the processe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2018
Immunology
An unlikely collaboration, a virus and the human immune system, is working to address a common enemy: cancer. From the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2018
Videos
Most people must have heard revolutionary cancer therapy called CAR-T cell therapy, a kind of cancer immunotherapy. It h
...
Written By:
FEB 01, 2018
Neuroscience
When neuroscientists have to monitor neural activity in the brain, small wires and electrodes are often used. The proble
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 25, 2018
Immunology
A new technique for treating allergies is on the way, and a new therapeutic antibody is responsible. From Aarhus Univers
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Synthetic biology is a growing field of research that is aiming to create a new kind of organism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists have a new way to treat heart attacks, and it involves providing cardiac stem cells with what is essentially
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 15, 2018
Cancer
With the help of a glow-producing natural enzyme, researchers detected the death of a single cancer cell quickly -- with
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 12, 2018
Cardiology
A discovery arose from growing human arterial endothelial cells in the lab, and scientists from the Morgridge Institute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Microbiology
Humanity will need to find solutions to feed a growing population; there are 7.6 billion people on the planet, a number
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2018
Microbiology
Three domains of living things, archaea, bacteria, and eukarya, are organized by shared characteristics fundamental to l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 01, 2018
Cancer
Researchers from HHMI identify signals displayed by cancer cells that were recognized by the immune system.
Written By:
Julia Travers