Bacteria in Cancer Cells Can Be Harnessed to Fight Tumors
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – The immune system can find bacteria residing within cancer cells and harness them to provoke an immune reaction against…
New Biological Antibiotics Can Beat Tuberculosis
Brian Blum via Israel21c – Researchers at Tel Aviv University have demonstrated in laboratory mice that monoclonal antibodies can be substituted for antibiotics to hinder the…
Camel Antibodies Can Fight Prostate Cancer, Study Shows
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Researchers based in the desert extract nanobodies from camels that can be used to deliver drugs directly to cancerous cells.…
Microbiome Transplants Can Reprogram Immune System to Attack Tumors
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Changing the gut microbiome can reprogram the immune system to attack malignant tumors, according to results of a unique clinical…
New Immunotherapy Shows Promise Against Rare Childhood Cancer
University College London via EurekAlert – A novel CAR T-cell therapy developed by researchers at UCL and designed to target cancerous tumours, has shown promising early…
Immunotherapy Combo Halts Rare, Stage 4 Sarcoma in Teen
Hackensack Meridian Health via EurekAlert – October 15, 2020 – Nutley, NJ – A patient with end-stage and rapidly progressing soft-tissue cancer whose tumor did not…
Reprogramming of Immune System Cures Child with Often-Fatal Fungal Infection
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences via Newswise – In the June 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of UCLA…
Breakthroughs in Prostate Cancer Treatments
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD viaNews-Medical Net– Prostate cancer is being diagnosed in an increasing number of men, but many of them will be non-aggressive forms…
T-cells Could Be Made into Better Cancer Killers by Increasing Their Protein Production
Medical University of South Carolina via EurekAlert – Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have developed a technique to monitor protein…
6 Groundbreaking Breakthroughs in Melanoma Research
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – For Skin Cancer Awareness Month, we take a look at significant research which could help doctors and scientists prevent this…
New Treatment Extends Lives of People With Most Common Type of Liver Cancer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences via Newswise – For the first time in over a decade, scientists have identified a first-line treatment that…
Gut Bacteria Can Penetrate Tumors and Aid Cancer Therapy, Study Suggests
The Rockefeller University Press via Newswise – Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and University of Chicago have discovered that bacteria that usually…
Could Cancer Immunotherapy Success Depend on Gut Bacteria?
UT Southwestern Medical Center via EurekAlert- Could the response to cancer immunotherapy depend on bacteria that originate in the gut and travel to the tumor?…
Israeli Researcher Develops Molecule to Block Lupus
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Israeli, American scientists discover way to prevent the leakage of DNA and proteins associated with autoimmune diseases. Israeli researchers and…
Discovery of Potent Immune Cell That Can Destroy Multiple Types of Cancer
Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN via News-Medical Net – The immune system is the body’s defense against harmful pathogens that may enter the body. Immune…
