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Study finds how gene therapy shows promising early results for brain tumor
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent study from the University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery and Rogel Cancer Centre demonstrates encouraging preliminary findings that a therapy combining cell-killing and immune-stimulating drugs is safe and effective in extending survival for patients with gliomas, a particu
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Immune cells carve their own route: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
When combating disease, our immune cells must reach their target as rapidly as possible. Immune cells actively build their own navigation system to traverse across diverse settings, according to researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). This challenges earlier no
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Study shows how immune cells migrate along self-generated gradients
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The researchers shed light on the immune cells' capacity to collectively migrate through diverse environments in their work, which was published today in Science Immunology.
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Study reveals how being in space impairs astronauts’ immune system
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A recent study led by Karolinska Institutet researchers in Sweden investigated how weightlessness affects immune system T cells. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, may explain why astronauts' T cells become less active and effective at fighting infection.
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Zumutor Biologics Inc announces FDA clearance of IND application of ZM008,
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Boston [US]/Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], August 11: Zumutor Biologics Inc "Zumutor", a Boston based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing unique novel therapeutics in immuno-oncology (I-O) today announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company's In
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Researchers give insight into cancer cell death pathway that activates imm
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have discovered a protein that is crucial to the operation of numerous novel cancer medicines. The discovery, according to the researchers, will probably help with efforts to optimize the use of immunotherapies against a number of difficult tumors.
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Obesity makes ovarian cancer deadlier
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In cancer patients with a BMI higher than 30 (the range for obesity determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the researchers found a particular pattern in the type of immune cells surrounding cancerous tumours.
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How to deal with metastatic cancer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The body's lymph nodes serve as one of its first lines of defence against sickness. From these biological police stations, immune cells are sent out to repel invaders. However, the majority of metastatic tumours also start in lymph nodes.
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Study discovers immune cells patrolling human eye
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The finding, which was reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, completely rewrites our understanding of the immune cell landscape in a healthy human eye's cornea.
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Study explains why infants contract so many common respiratory ailments
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers from Columbia University have discovered a unique cluster of immune cells that are only seen in newborns that enable them to deal with novel pathogens and explain why infants contract so many common respiratory ailments.
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Study reveals how melanoma evade immune system, helps in treatments
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Sanford Burnham Prebys' recent study has contributed to the understanding of how melanoma circumvents the immune system and may help in the development of future treatments for the condition. A protein that is known to be active in immune cells is also active inside melanoma cells, the study
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Research shows babies’ immunological weak spot, strength
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study conducted by Columbia University researchers explains why babies catch so many common respiratory illnesses and reveals a specialised cluster of immune cells present only in babies that help them cope with new pathogens.
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