Bioengineers and biologists at the University of California San Diego have developed a method to significantly extend the life of gene circuits used to instruct microbes to do things such as... Read more
Targeting nanoparticles rotate faster and move across larger areas Targeted drug-delivery systems hold significant promise for treating cancer effectively by sparing healthy surrounding tiss... Read more
For the first time, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has successfully reprogrammed mouse and human skin cells into immune cells called dendritic cells. The process is quick and e... Read more
Seneca Valley Virus sounds like the last bug you’d want to catch, but it could be the next breakthrough cancer therapy. Now, scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OI... Read more
A new approach to identifying “signposts” on cancer cells may help immune cells eliminate the disease With new immunotherapy treatments for melanoma, recovery rates have risen dramatically,... Read more
Hydrogen peroxide-sensing molecule reveals whether chemotherapy drugs are having their intended effects. MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer c... Read more
A biomimetic nanosystem can deliver therapeutic proteins to selectively target cancerous tumors, according to a team of Penn State researchers. Using a protein toxin called gelonin from a pl... Read more
Ludwig researchers describe how acidity turns oxygen-starved cancer cells dormant and drug resistant—and a potentially easy way reverse the effect. A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncover... Read more
Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer with a double whammy of a virus combined with boosting the natural immune system, according to a pioneering s... Read more
Making drugs cheaper doesn’t always require pricey investments. A joint initiative by researchers from TU Eindhoven, the Dutch company Syncom BV and the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital prove... Read more
Patients with Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic illness that causes the breakdown of nerve cells in the brain, have up to 80 percent less cancer than the general population. Northw... Read more
During infection or tumor growth, a type of specialized white blood cells called CD8+ T cells rapidly multiply within the spleen and lymph nodes and acquire the ability to kill diseased cell... Read more
Vaccine stimulates multi-pronged immune attack, inhibits tumor-induced immune suppression Scientists are using their increasing knowledge of the complex interaction between cancer and the im... Read more
