T-Cells: A type of white blood cell that plays an important role in the immune system. They are produced by the thymus gland and help the body fight off viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
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Understanding the immune repertoire is an important aspect of immuno-oncology research, which can be used to gather insights into the function and overall status of the immune system. We have...
With over 265,000 new cases per year and over 50,000 deaths, breast and ovarian cancers represent a significant health burden in the USA. Prior work has demonstrated that CD4 helper T c...
There is considerable excitement surrounding the treatment potential of T cell immunotherapies. Amongst these, CAR-T cells have demonstrated impressive therapeutic efficacy in a subset of hem...
DATE: September 20 2018TIME: 09:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT Harnessing the immune system has emerged as a powerful therapeutic strategy in oncology. However, the limited...
DATE: September 18,2018TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing strategies have revolutionized our ability to engineer the genomes of diverse cell types and sp...
To ensure the immune system’s balance between the recognition of non-self and the prevention of autoimmunity, the activity of immune cells needs to be strictly controlled. During the pr...
The soil microbiome can produce, resist, or degrade antibiotics and even catabolize them. Resistance genes are widely distributed in the soil and may act as a reservoir for pathogen antibioti...