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Protein marker in response to brain cancer therapy
An extremely powerful MRI scanner was used to image proteins in the brain of cancer patients and has shown that protein content correlates with treatment...
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Counteracting T-cell exhaustion in CAR-T cancer therapies
Engineered T-cells that target NFAT and Nr4a proteins could help to prevent the exhaustion of T-cells during CAR-T immunotherapy...
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Microfluidics device to detect cancer cells in blood
A recently developed microfluidics device is able to detect and separate out cancer cells in blood, without the need for dilution...
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Fighting HIV using anti-cancer immunotherapy
Researchers have used immunotherapy treatments, ordinarily used to treat cancer, to reveal the virus in the cells of people living with HIV...
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Reversible antiplatelet therapy fights cancer metastasis and clotting
A novel antiplatelet therapy could help to prevent heart attacks and stroke through preventing the formation of blood clots...
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The role of immune cells in metastasis
Specific immune cells, such as neutrophils, have been found to aid the progression of cancers, promoting metastasis in tumours...
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DNA anticancer vaccine targets tumour neoantigens
A DNA vaccine developed through the use of unique tumour antigens could lead the way towards vaccinating people against cancer...
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Pushing the immune system to eat cancer
Researchers have found a way to activate macrophages that have been forced to help cancer grow and spread around the body...
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Chemical tags make differences in cell fate and gene expression
Scientists from Spain have identified the specific roles of chemical tags in mammalian development and cancer in controlling genes...
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Small molecules could have big benefits in the battle against cancers
Immunotherapy and targeted treatments, including targeted chemotherapy, continue to show great potential in cancer care. Future steps in their development will involve improving their ability to treat a wider range of cancers and a broader cross-section of the patient population, especially those for whom current treatments have shown limited efficacy...
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Stopping inflammation using a molecular switch
A component in the ubiquitin system has been described as being able to deactivate the innante immune system and could help to prevent immune conditions...
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Ubiquilin-4 biomarker links cancer progression to genome instability
High level of specific protein in tumours indicates prognosis as well as optimal treatments...
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Stem cell study optimises bone marrow transplants
A study has shown how stem cells that are transplanted act in a different way to those ordinarily present, without a transplant...
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Drug sponge could minimise effects of cancer therapy
A drug 'sponge' could be the future method of soaking up excess drugs within the body after cancer treatments such as chemotherapy to prevent side effects...
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‘Activating’ the immune system against cancer
A study has found that the immune system can be harnessed to fight cancer cells in a particularly efficient manner, one also effective in lung cancer...
