13 Emerging and Promising Covid Treatments
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – “We believe humanity needs a toolbox of different solutions for Covid-19,” says Immanuel Lerner, CEO of Pepticom, one of the companies…
Fight Viruses With… Sleep?
Al Sears, MD, CNS – With the 24-hour news cycles spinning out of control these days, you may find yourself feeling way more stressed than usual. And…
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…
Novel Coronavirus Attacks and Destroys T Cells, Just Like HIV
Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN via News-Medical Net – The immune system has many components that work together in protecting the body from foreign invaders.…
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…
Scientists Show Thin Metal Mesh Loaded with T Cells Shrinks Solid Tumors
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center via Newswise – Within weeks, CAR T cells targeting ovarian cancer cleared tumors in 70% of treated mice, shows study…
New Drug Slows Tumor Growth and Strengthens Anti-Tumor Response
Johns Hopkins Medicin via EurekAlert – A compound developed by Johns Hopkins researchers that blocks glutamine metabolism can slow tumor growth, alter the tumor microenvironment…
Blood Cancers: A “New Generation” Stem Cell Transplant Significantly Reduces Complications for Patients
Universite de Montreal via Newswise – More than 100,000 patients worldwide undergo a blood stem cell transplant each year as a last resort treatment for…
Controlling the Immune System’s Brakes to Treat Cancer, Autoimmune Disorders
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital via EurekAlert – The findings may also influence cancer treatment by supercharging immunotherapy–in which the patient’s own immune system is…
Cancer Treatment: A Researcher Makes Breakthrough Immunotherapy Discovery
University of Montreal via EurekAlert – “Our work has identified a new T-cell protein that interacts with the key receptor that detects and responds to…
Creatine Powers T Cells’ fight Against Cancer
University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences via EurekAlert – Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and…