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Cancer patients who do not react to immunotherapy lack crucial immune cell
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. Since the introduction of immunotherapy in 2011, the five-year survival rate in advanced melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased from less than 10% to more than 50%. Unfortunately, only approximately half of melanoma patients r
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Pungent ginger compound puts immune cells on heightened alert: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Ginger is known for activating the immune system. This argument is now supported by new findings from the Leibniz Center for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich. Little doses of a spicy ginger component heightened white blood cell alertness in laboratory testing. This
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Scientists identify protein that's crucial to tumor cells' metabolism
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Tumor cells typically alter their energy metabolism and increase glucose uptake to support their rapid division and spread. This limits glucose availability for immune cells and therefore dampens the body's anti-cancer immune response.
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Study reveals how natural killer immune cells can change tissue inflammati
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers have discovered a previously unidentified function of "natural killer" (NK) immune cells, which has increased our understanding of how the immune system is controlled to prevent disease.
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Study finds type of therapeutic antibody for treating cancer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Before World Cancer Day (4 February), a new study from the University of Southampton's Centre for Cancer Immunology demonstrated that altering how tightly an antibody attaches to a target could enhance cancer therapies.
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Study reveals how brains turn into smarter disease fighters
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Combating Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases by inserting healthy new immune cells into the brain has taken a leap toward reality. Neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to safely thwart the brain's resistance
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Coffee with milk might have an anti-inflammatory effect: Study
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Can a cup of coffee with milk have an anti-inflammatory impact on humans? According to a new study from the University of Copenhagen, this is the case. Anti-inflammatory effects in immune cells are doubled when proteins and antioxidants are combined. The researchers intend to investigate the
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Study suggests way to re-energise tired T cells when treating cancer
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC -- James) suggests a way to re-energize critical killer immune cells that have become exhausted when fighting cancer or chro
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Study finds how seaweed sugar promotes antitumor immunity, improves effica
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers revealed that Immunotherapies have improved the outcomes of many cancer patients, including those with melanoma. However, only a subset of patients benefit from these treatments.
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Study reveals how gut microbiome affect brain health
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Recent research revealed that the gut microbiome also plays an important role in the health of our brains.
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Newly discovered anatomy shields and monitors brain
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
From the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures, the human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets. Advances in neuro-imaging and molecular biology have only recently enabled scientists to study the living brain at a level of detail not previously achie
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Researchers identify immune cell that helps kill bladder cancer tumors
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Mount Sinai researchers have made two important discoveries about the mechanism by which bladder cancer cells foil attacks from the immune system. The research, published in Cancer Cell in September, could lead to a new therapeutic option for patients with these types of tumors.
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