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Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy: is a type of cancer treatment the helps the immune system to fight cancer. The immune system helps your body fight infections and other diseases. It uses substances made by the body or in a laboratory in order to improve or restore the body's immune system function.
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MAY 16, 2021Cancer
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of liver cancer in the world, resulting in approximately 880,000 deaths ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 17, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Duke University worked on creating a self-assembling nanomaterial-based drug that can help address damage ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 13, 2021Cancer
The findings from a study published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer give medical professionals a way to predi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2021Cancer
New findings support the administration of a CD40 immune-stimulating drug to early-stage pancreatic cancer patients in a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2021Cancer
A team from the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is introdu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2021Immunology
Cancer researchers have developed a therapeutic vaccine for melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. Instead of protectin ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 30, 2021Immunology
The immune system encompasses a powerful arsenal of weapons against pathogenic threats. But what stops healthy tissues i ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 29, 2021Microbiology
We know that the microbes in the gut have a significant effect on human biology, and researchers are starting to learn m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Immunotherapy aims to make a patient's immune cells better at fighting cancer. The immune system has to be used carefull ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2021Cancer
New research highlighted recently in Nature explores the ways that bacteria in tumors could be targeted to trigger immun ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2021Immunology
Immunologists have identified a mechanism through which an oncogene mutation shields pancreatic tumors from immune cells ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 18, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a prototype for a new kind of cancer immunotherapy. The therapy uses engineered T-cells to ta ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Genetic diseases arise from inborn errors in gene sequences, and researchers have long sought ways to correct those erro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2021Immunology
You might have experienced it yourself or met someone that can not eat a certain food or can not take a specific medicat ...Written By: Heba El-wassefMAR 12, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a drug candidate that blocks the uptake ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 02, 2021Immunology
Tumors have sneaky strategies for establishing themselves within healthy tissues, flourishing in plain sight of circulat ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 16, 2021Cancer
Introducing new microorganisms to the gut microbiome can improve patients’ response to immunotherapy, suggests res ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 10, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Northwestern University have found that Black men and men of African ancestry respond better than men f ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 08, 2021Microbiology
Humans carry around trillions of microbes, and the ones in our guts - the gut microbiome - plays an essential role in ou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2021Cancer
A team from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) has developed a microchip system that models immune ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 26, 2021Immunology
Multiple sclerosis is known for its progression of symptoms even after a period of complete remission. There is no way o ...Written By: Heba El-wassefJAN 25, 2021Cancer
The dream of a magic bullet drug plagues the mind of scientists, doctors, and patients. The truth is some diseases are j ...Written By: Jasper CantrellJAN 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 Fernandes
MAY 16, 2021
Cancer
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of liver cancer in the world, resulting in approximately 880,000 deaths
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 17, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Duke University worked on creating a self-assembling nanomaterial-based drug that can help address damage
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 13, 2021
Cancer
The findings from a study published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer give medical professionals a way to predi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2021
Cancer
New findings support the administration of a CD40 immune-stimulating drug to early-stage pancreatic cancer patients in a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2021
Cancer
A team from the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is introdu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2021
Immunology
Cancer researchers have developed a therapeutic vaccine for melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. Instead of protectin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 30, 2021
Immunology
The immune system encompasses a powerful arsenal of weapons against pathogenic threats. But what stops healthy tissues i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 29, 2021
Microbiology
We know that the microbes in the gut have a significant effect on human biology, and researchers are starting to learn m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Immunotherapy aims to make a patient's immune cells better at fighting cancer. The immune system has to be used carefull
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2021
Cancer
New research highlighted recently in Nature explores the ways that bacteria in tumors could be targeted to trigger immun
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2021
Immunology
Immunologists have identified a mechanism through which an oncogene mutation shields pancreatic tumors from immune cells
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 18, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have developed a prototype for a new kind of cancer immunotherapy. The therapy uses engineered T-cells to ta
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic diseases arise from inborn errors in gene sequences, and researchers have long sought ways to correct those erro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2021
Immunology
You might have experienced it yourself or met someone that can not eat a certain food or can not take a specific medicat
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
MAR 12, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a drug candidate that blocks the uptake
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 02, 2021
Immunology
Tumors have sneaky strategies for establishing themselves within healthy tissues, flourishing in plain sight of circulat
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 16, 2021
Cancer
Introducing new microorganisms to the gut microbiome can improve patients’ response to immunotherapy, suggests res
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 10, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Northwestern University have found that Black men and men of African ancestry respond better than men f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 08, 2021
Microbiology
Humans carry around trillions of microbes, and the ones in our guts - the gut microbiome - plays an essential role in ou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2021
Cancer
A team from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) has developed a microchip system that models immune
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 26, 2021
Immunology
Multiple sclerosis is known for its progression of symptoms even after a period of complete remission. There is no way o
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
JAN 25, 2021
Cancer
The dream of a magic bullet drug plagues the mind of scientists, doctors, and patients. The truth is some diseases are j
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
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