Case Western Reserve researchers use AI with routine CT scans to predict how well lung cancer patients will respond to expensive treatment based off changes in texture patterns inside and ou... Read more
An electronic nose that detects chemicals in the breath of lung cancer patients can identify with 85% accuracy those who will or will not respond to immunotherapy, according to new research... Read more
Injection of nanoparticle has proven effective in mouse models, researchers say Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a novel nano-vaccine for melanoma, the most aggressive type... Read more
Successful T cell engineering with gene scissors The idea of genetically modifying a patient’s own immune cells and deploying them against infections and tumors has been around since the 198... Read more
Chemical compound extends survival by months, in mice Pancreatic cancer is especially challenging to treat – only eight percent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis. Chemot... Read more
Researchers at Mount Sinai have developed a novel approach to cancer immunotherapy, injecting immune stimulants directly into a tumor to teach the immune system to destroy it and other tumor... Read more
The glow could someday help us use cancer drugs more efficiently. Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have successfully used positron emission tomography (PET) sca... Read more
In part because of its resistance to many antibiotics, tuberculosis kills approximately 1.7 million people worldwide each year. But new research from the University of Notre Dame suggests th... Read more
Precision cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a previously unknown ability to boost the immune system, and could help many more patients benefit from immunotherapy, a new study reveals.... 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
The New CRISPR-Based System Will Open the Door to Next-Generation Targeted Immunotherapies Immunotherapy can cure some cancers that until fairly recently were considered fatal. In addition t... Read more
MUHC scientists part of international team that identifies a key molecule in immune system regulation linked to new genetic disease Following the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine, global attent... Read more
