Immunotherapy News and Research

Latest Immunotherapy News and Research

Study reveals how children's immune systems react to cancer

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital in Sweden have determined how children's immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age.

20 Jan 2025

New clinical trial aims to extend survival for bile duct cancer patients

A new clinical trial, sponsored by UCL and UCLH, aims to extend survival for some patients with cancer in the biliary tract by treating them with therapies specifically tailored to the genetic profile of their tumor.

17 Jan 2025

Protein CD74 could predict immunotherapy response in bowel cancer

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have shown that the amount of a protein called CD74 can indicate which people with bowel cancer may respond best to immunotherapy.

16 Jan 2025

Novel method to fight cancer uses ultrasound-guided microbubbles

A new paper by a team of Concordia researchers from the departments of Biology and Physics proposes a novel method of fighting cancer tumours that uses ultrasound-guided microbubbles - a technology already widely used in medical imaging and drug delivery.

16 Jan 2025

Drug in breast cancer trials shows potential for treating blood cancers

Two new studies led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a possible way to block the progression of several forms of blood cancer using a drug already in clinical trials against breast cancer.

16 Jan 2025

A new AI tool for unlocking the secrets of spatial multi-omics in cancer

A new artificial intelligence-powered tool called MISO (Multi-modal Spatial Omics) can detect cell-level characteristics of cancer by looking at data from extremely small pieces of tissue-some as small as 400 square micrometers, equivalent to the width of five human hairs.

16 Jan 2025

Targeting tertiary lymphoid structures for cancer treatment

A research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has made new insights into how the body forms immune cell clusters called tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) in response to foreign threats such as cancer.

16 Jan 2025

Tiny vesicles offer powerful new approach for cancer treatment

A new twist on a decades-old anticancer strategy has shown powerful effects against multiple cancer types in a preclinical study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

16 Jan 2025

Study reveals how bile acids impact immunotherapy in liver cancer

Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient's own immune system to help fight tumors.

15 Jan 2025

CAR-NK cells offer safer, more accessible treatment for lymphoma

A new type of cell-based immunotherapy shows promise for B-cell lymphomas and - due to innovations in manufacturing - could make future cellular immunotherapies less expensive and more accessible to patients.

15 Jan 2025

New drug cocktail enhances CAR-T cells for cancer treatment

Preclinical research findings from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center identified a cocktail of three different drugs that can be used to generate more robust immune system CAR-Ts (chimeric antigen receptor-T cells) to fight cancer.

13 Jan 2025

Study reveals route of entry for Semliki Forest virus into the brain

In a recent study, researchers from Uppsala University show that the Semliki Forest virus enters the central nervous system by first entering the cerebrospinal fluid and then binding to a specific cell type before penetrating deeper into the brain.

13 Jan 2025

Scientists discover why cancer cells die differently after radiotherapy

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute have solved a big mystery in cancer research – why cells die in different ways following radiotherapy.

13 Jan 2025

New test could predict lung cancer outcomes using tumor DNA

Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, UCL, UCLH and Personalis have found that a test to detect circulating tumor DNA can predict lung cancer outcome in a Cancer Research UK-funded study.

13 Jan 2025

Breakthrough microscopy technique reveals how antibodies target cancer cells

In blood cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, B cells of the immune system multiply uncontrollably.

10 Jan 2025

Stanford researchers develop AI model to enhance cancer prognosis predictions

The melding of visual information (microscopic and X-ray images, CT and MRI scans, for example) with text (exam notes, communications between physicians of varying specialties) is a key component of cancer care.

8 Jan 2025

New nanoplatform combines pyroptosis and ferroptosis for enhanced cancer treatment

Photoimmunotherapy is an innovative cancer treatment that combines phototherapy with immunotherapy to selectively target and destroy cancer cells.

8 Jan 2025

Early detection of breast cancer proven cost-effective for Canada's health care system

Cancer screening is key to saving patients' lives since an earlier stage diagnosis improves survival rates, decreases morbidity, and leads to less intensive treatments.

7 Jan 2025

AI-based SCORPIO tool offers better cancer immunotherapy predictions

Doctors around the world may soon have access to a new tool that could better predict whether individual cancer patients will benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors - a type of immunotherapy - using only routine blood tests and clinical data.

6 Jan 2025

Topical immunotherapy clears precancerous skin lesions and reduces cancer risk

Calcipotriol-plus–5-FU therapy activates immune pathways, offering long-lasting protection against squamous cell carcinoma by targeting precancerous lesions.

6 Jan 2025