Experimental CAR T therapy targets tumor's immune shield, not cancer cells directly

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed an experimental immunotherapy that takes an ...

Active aldehydes drive T cell exhaustion in the tumor microenvironment, finds study

Cancer immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer cells. The treatment ...
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Scientists solve a major roadblock holding back cancer cell therapy

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based ...
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New Type of CAR T Cells Successfully Target AML in Pilot Study

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells under the microscope, in purple. There is a serious need for finding better ways to treat AML that comes back after initial treatment. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR ...
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What Would Make Therapy Last? How About 2 Targets Each on B Cells and T Cells?

The CEO of ModeX Therapeutics discusses MDX2003, a groundbreaking tetraspecific therapy that promises enhanced efficacy and ...

The Immune Cell Scientists Couldn’t Grow Until Now Could Change Cancer Treatment

Researchers have unlocked a way to grow the immune system’s “conductors” from stem cells, bringing ready-made cancer-fighting therapies a big step closer. For the first time, scientists at the Univers ...
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UBC researchers crack code to grow helper t cells from stem cells

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type of human immune cell-known as helper T cells-from stem cells in a ...