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Researchers discover source of T cell exhaustion
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
CAR T-cell treatments, which are specifically designed to target cancer cells, has heralded a new era in the treatment of human cancers, particularly hematologic malignancies. But all too frequently, they exhibit a disconcerting characteristic derived from the immune system's own cells: a sh
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Study: Novel treatment effective for bladder cancer
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): An epigenetics drug currently being used for the treatment of blood cancers and rare sarcomas can stop the growth of bladder cancer by activating the immune system, reports a new study in mice. The drug is now being tested in a national clinical trial for pa
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Study finds adults with blood cancer respond to booster dose of COVID-19 v
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, less than half of patients with hematologic malignancies developed detectable antibodies after the initial COVID-19 vaccination, but 56 per cent of "nonresponders" developed antibodies after receiving a booster dose.
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New drug target for blood cancer, potentially solid tumours identified dur
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 8 (ANI): The findings of a new study by Mount Sinai and UC San Diego researchers, for the first time, have shown how mutations affecting a cellular process called RNA splicing alter cells to develop myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and other hematologic malignancies and
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