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Research findings show effective way to harness anti-tumor potential of macrophages in cancer therapy

For all the success of a new generation of immunotherapies for cancer, they often leave an entire branch of the immune system's disease-fighting forces untapped.

9 Mar 2017

Researcher explores how military strategy can be used as inspiration for cancer treatment

When David Gisselsson Nord, a cancer researcher at Lund University in Sweden, read a history book last summer, he was struck by the similarities between how cancer and insurgencies evolve over time.

9 Mar 2017

Common cold virus can cause deadly pneumonia in transplant patients, study shows

The common cold is a major source of annoyance for most of us, but new research has found that the most prevalent respiratory infection can be far worse than a stuffy nose for one sector of the population — bone marrow transplant patients.

8 Mar 2017

New biomarker 'Bim' could help predict optimal treatment for metastatic melanoma patients

Over the past few years, checkpoint blockade immunotherapies have revolutionized cancer treatment and helped many patients who were previously considered untreatable.

8 Mar 2017

Primary lung cancer tumor may go undiagnosed in some kidney cancer patients

Could lung cancer be hiding in kidney cancer patients? Researchers with the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center's Kidney Cancer Program studied patients with metastatic kidney cancer to the lungs and found that 3.5 percent of the group had a primary lung cancer tumor that had gone undiagnosed. This distinction can affect treatment choices and rates of surviva

7 Mar 2017

Immune-stimulating chemical found in tumors may help stop cancer growth

A chemical found in tumors may help stop tumor growth, according to a new study.

2 Mar 2017

New role for unconventional T cell could lead to novel treatment approaches for infection and cancer

A new study has identified a previously undescribed role for a type of unconventional T cell with the potential to be used in the development of new therapies for infection and cancer.

1 Mar 2017

UNC Lineberger achieves major milestone with launch of cellular immunotherapy program

University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have achieved a major milestone with the launch of two clinical trials testing an experimental therapy in which patients' own immune cells are genetically engineered to fight their cancer.

1 Mar 2017

Researchers justify alternative theory about cause of type 1 diabetes

An international team of researchers led by City of Hope's Bart Roep, Ph.D., the Chan Soon-Shiong Shapiro Distinguished Chair in Diabetes and professor/founding chair of the Department of Diabetes Immunology, has been able to justify an alternative theory about the cause of type 1 diabetes (T1D) through experimental work.

28 Feb 2017

New anti-cocaine monoclonal antibody moves forward towards clinical studies in humans

A University of Cincinnati researcher who has developed an immunotherapy to help reverse cocaine addiction that's been successful in animal models says he hopes to have it in clinical trials in human volunteers within a year.

28 Feb 2017

Fred Hutch scientists make important step in identifying specific T cells to fight against cancer

A new discovery by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle makes an important step in identifying which specific T cells within the diverse army of a person's immune system are best suited to fight cancer.

25 Feb 2017

Scientists devise novel DNA vaccine approach against important cancer antigen targets

Scientists at The Wistar Institute and Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have devised a novel DNA vaccine approach through molecular design to improve the immune responses elicited against one of the most important cancer antigen targets. Study results were published in the journal Molecular Therapy.

24 Feb 2017

Five simple tips to make life more pleasant during spring allergy season

Nobody said spring allergies would be fun, but you never thought it would be this bad. What if you had some simple ways to avoid the sneezing, wheezing, itchy eyes and runny nose that come in the spring?

24 Feb 2017

MSK researchers harness power of CRISPR/Cas9 to create more-potent CAR T cells

Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have harnessed the power of CRISPR/Cas9 to create more-potent chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells that enhance tumor rejection in mice.

23 Feb 2017

Essen Bioscience to Showcase IncuCyte® Live-cell Analysis System and Applications at AACR, Booth #1365

The IncuCyte® live-cell analysis platform from Essen BioScience will be showcased at the upcoming AACR conference, booth #1365.

From Sartorius 22 Feb 2017

Melanoma patients' immunotherapy response linked to diversity and makeup of gut bacteria

Melanoma patients' response to a major form of immunotherapy is associated with the diversity and makeup of trillions of potential allies and enemies found in the digestive tract, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report at the ASCO-Society for Immunotherapy in Cancer meeting in Orlando.

22 Feb 2017

Penn researchers find new way to track rare T cells in blood after annual flu vaccine

For most vaccines to work the body needs two cell types - B cells and T helper cells - to make antibodies. B cells are the antibody factories and the T helper cells refine the strength and accuracy of antibodies to home and attack their targets.

20 Feb 2017

Genomic analysis of brain tumor helps doctors keep cancer at bay for five years

An analysis of a patient's deadly brain tumor helped doctors at Smilow Cancer Hospital identify new emerging mutations and keep a 55-year old woman alive for more than five years, researchers report in the journal Genome Medicine.

17 Feb 2017

Glowing mice could mark major step forward for new gene therapy

Timothy Blake, a postdoctoral fellow in the Waymouth lab, was hard at work on a fantastical interdisciplinary experiment. He and his fellow researchers were refining compounds that would carry instructions for assembling the protein that makes fireflies light up and deliver them into the cells of an anesthetized mouse. If their technique worked, the mouse would glow in the dark.

16 Feb 2017

IDIBELL scientists develop oncolytic virus capable of redirecting immune system to attack cancer cells

Researchers of the Cancer Virotherapy Research Group of Bellvitge Biomedicine Research Institute, led by Dr. Ramon Alemany, have developed an oncolytic virus capable of redirecting the patient's immune system against their tumor cells.

16 Feb 2017

Immunotherapy News and Research

Latest Immunotherapy News and Research

Research findings show effective way to harness anti-tumor potential of macrophages in cancer therapy

Researcher explores how military strategy can be used as inspiration for cancer treatment

Common cold virus can cause deadly pneumonia in transplant patients, study shows

New biomarker 'Bim' could help predict optimal treatment for metastatic melanoma patients

Primary lung cancer tumor may go undiagnosed in some kidney cancer patients

Immune-stimulating chemical found in tumors may help stop cancer growth

New role for unconventional T cell could lead to novel treatment approaches for infection and cancer

UNC Lineberger achieves major milestone with launch of cellular immunotherapy program

Researchers justify alternative theory about cause of type 1 diabetes

New anti-cocaine monoclonal antibody moves forward towards clinical studies in humans

Fred Hutch scientists make important step in identifying specific T cells to fight against cancer

Scientists devise novel DNA vaccine approach against important cancer antigen targets

Five simple tips to make life more pleasant during spring allergy season

MSK researchers harness power of CRISPR/Cas9 to create more-potent CAR T cells

Essen Bioscience to Showcase IncuCyte® Live-cell Analysis System and Applications at AACR, Booth #1365

Melanoma patients' immunotherapy response linked to diversity and makeup of gut bacteria

Penn researchers find new way to track rare T cells in blood after annual flu vaccine

Genomic analysis of brain tumor helps doctors keep cancer at bay for five years

Glowing mice could mark major step forward for new gene therapy

IDIBELL scientists develop oncolytic virus capable of redirecting immune system to attack cancer cells

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