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Developing nanoplatforms for direct drug delivery to T cells

T cells, also known as lymphocytes, have important roles in various immune reactions. However, there are only a few reports on delivery systems into T cells. Realizing this, it is essential to work and actively contribute in controlling immune systems.

16 Feb 2022

Potential tumor vulnerability may be exploited to improve treatment of neuroblastoma

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a potential vulnerability in neuroblastoma tumors that might be exploited to improve treatment of the aggressive childhood cancer, which accounts for roughly 15% of all deaths from pediatric malignancies.

7 Feb 2022

CRISPRa method helps discover genes that play a role in immune cell biology

CRISPR genome editing has served as a powerful tool for deleting or altering DNA sequences and studying the resulting effect.

3 Feb 2022

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announces newest cohort of Fellows and Breakthrough Scientists

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has announced its newest cohort of Damon Runyon Fellows, 13 outstanding postdoctoral scientists conducting basic and translational cancer research in the laboratories of leading senior investigators.

29 Jan 2022

Researchers develop a computational approach to identify genomic safe harbors for therapeutic genes

Many future gene and cell therapies to treat diseases like cancer, rare genetic and other conditions could be enhanced in their efficacy, persistence, and predictability by so-called "genomic safe harbors (GSHs)."

24 Jan 2022

Independent drug action responsible for greater clinical efficacy of combination cancer therapies

Independent drug action, not synergy nor additivity, accounted for the clinical efficacy of nearly all examined combination therapies involving immune checkpoint inhibitors in clinical trials, according to results from a retrospective analysis.

19 Jan 2022

Study shows that key parts of human immunity are shared in bacteria

The human immune system, that marvel of complexity, subtlety, and sophistication, includes a billion-year-old family of proteins used by bacteria to defend themselves against viruses, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and in Israel have discovered.

13 Jan 2022

Grouping tumors by 'immune archetypes' points the way to personalized immunotherapies

The UCSF researchers, led by first co-authors Alexis Combes, PhD, and Bushra Samad, MS, and senior author, Max Krummel, PhD, obtained tumor specimens from 78 UCSF clinicians, and surveyed 364 tumors biopsies from patients and categorized them into groups based on their immune microenvironment.

7 Jan 2022

LJI researchers discover how loss of TET enzymes can lead to B cell lymphoma

Scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have uncovered how loss of TET enzymes can lead to B cell lymphoma. Their research, published in Nature Immunology, could potentially open opportunities for designing drug treatment strategies to target malignant cells in many cancers.

24 Dec 2021

Nanoparticle therapeutic can be a potential new approach for treating malignant pleural effusion

Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have discovered that a nanoparticle therapeutic enhances cancer immunotherapy and is a possible new approach in treating malignant pleural effusion (MPE).

16 Dec 2021

UCLA research points the way towards a longer-lasting COVID vaccine

Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have identified rare, naturally occurring T cells that are capable of targeting a protein found in SARS-CoV-2 and a range of other coronaviruses.

11 Dec 2021

Johns Hopkins astrophysicist receives Life Sciences 2021 award for novel cancer mapping technology

Johns Hopkins astrophysicist, Alexander Szalay, Ph.D., and Kimmel Cancer Center pathologist Janis Taube, M.D., M.Sc., received a Life Sciences 2021 award for AstroPath at this year's Falling Walls Science Summit, an international event honoring research breakthroughs from across the globe.

9 Dec 2021

Cancer Immunotherapy News and Research

Developing nanoplatforms for direct drug delivery to T cells

Potential tumor vulnerability may be exploited to improve treatment of neuroblastoma

CRISPRa method helps discover genes that play a role in immune cell biology

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announces newest cohort of Fellows and Breakthrough Scientists

Researchers develop a computational approach to identify genomic safe harbors for therapeutic genes

Independent drug action responsible for greater clinical efficacy of combination cancer therapies

Study shows that key parts of human immunity are shared in bacteria

Grouping tumors by 'immune archetypes' points the way to personalized immunotherapies

LJI researchers discover how loss of TET enzymes can lead to B cell lymphoma

Nanoparticle therapeutic can be a potential new approach for treating malignant pleural effusion

UCLA research points the way towards a longer-lasting COVID vaccine

Johns Hopkins astrophysicist receives Life Sciences 2021 award for novel cancer mapping technology

An assessment of pH-sensitive cationic lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery

New approach to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of liver cancer immunotherapy

Study shows difference in outcomes for women treated with checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma

Penn researchers illuminate key molecular details of T-cell exhaustion process

Advancing our understanding of T cells to improve cancer therapies

Review highlights oncolytic viruses with remarkable ability to destroy cancer cells

Common heart burn medication could lessen the effectiveness of lung cancer treatment

MIT researchers uncover a possible new way to combat tumors

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