QIMR Berghofer researchers have discovered a potential new cancer immunotherapy target that involves switching off a regulatory cell to stop tumours growing and spreading. The study findings... Read more
What should personalized, precision treatment of cancer look like in the future? We know that people are different, their tumors are different, and they respond differently to different ther... 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
New research builds on Nobel-winning immune checkpoint blockade work Immunotherapy’s promise in the fight against cancer drew international attention after two scientists won a Nobel Prize t... 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
Biological engineers design RNA circuits that enable precise control over the dose of therapeutic protein a patient receives. Delivering functional genes into cells to replace mutated genes,... 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
Rice lab’s injectable gel feeds steady dose of drugs to tumor cells An immunotherapy drug embedded in a slow-release hydrogel invented at Rice University in collaboration with the University... 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
Scientists just took a big, “very positive” step towards developing what could be the first ‘universal cancer vaccine’. The results from early trials in humans, along... Read more
A therapy that retrains the body’s immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission. White blood cell... Read more
Giving cancer patients aspirin at the same time as immunotherapy could dramatically boost the effectiveness of the treatment, according to new research published in the journal Cell today (T... Read more
How a Tiny “Bug” Can Stop Cancer in its Tracks as a Vaccine Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a single-celled parasite that is happiest in a cat’s intestines, but it can live in any wa... Read more
