In a healthy individual, the immune system responds to “foreign” cells (such as cancer) by attacking and eliminating them. Unfortunately, […]
According to the British Journal of Cancer, one in two of us will develop cancer in our lifetime. Despite this […]
In a recent paper published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers from Northwestern University have developed a new way to increase […]
A new study published in Nature has found that during chemotherapy, immature immune cells called megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors (MEPs) enhance the […]
Researchers have revealed important features of the biological processes underpinning autoimmune anterior uveitis, ankylosing spondylitis, and potentially many other autoimmune […]
Written by Miyako Rogers, Science Writer In a new study published in Nature, researchers used CRISPR screens to identify the […]
Check out the latest Genomics Week in Brief – full of intriguing news and research from the genomics space! Top […]
A new study in mice finds that B cells unexpectedly promote the therapeutic shrinking of breast cancer tumours, even when they are not the direct targets of local immunotherapy. The […]
A study in Nature describes a new type of cancer vaccine that works by obstructing a tactic used by tumours […]
Written by Charlotte Harrison, Science Writer Immunotherapy with chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells) has yielded impressive anticancer responses […]
