Injection turns sleeping tumor immune cells into cancer fighters
KAIST researchers have developed a way to reprogram immune cells already inside tumors into cancer-killing machines. A drug injected directly ...
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Scientists uncover a hidden switch that helps cancer cells thrive
A protein once thought to simply help cancer cells avoid death turns out to do much more. MCL1 actively drives ...
Cancer cells depend on a dangerous DNA repair trick
Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic tangles overwhelm normal ...
Gene-edited CAR-T cells erase aggressive T-cell leukemia
A cutting-edge therapy using base-edited immune cells is offering a major breakthrough for patients with one of the toughest forms ...
Dementia-like clumps found in cells before cancer strikes
Researchers found that pancreatic pre-cancer cells mimic dementia by forming clumps of proteins due to faulty recycling processes. These insights ...
Immune cells prevent lung healing after viral infection
Researchers have discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs' protective barrier from healing after viral infections like ...
How COVID-19 'breakthrough' infections alter your immune cells
Researchers discovered that people who experienced symptomatic breakthrough infections develop T cells that are better at recognizing and targeting SARS-CoV-2, ...
Age-related changes in fibroblast cells promote pancreatic cancer growth and spread
Older people may be at greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer and have poorer prognoses because of age-related changes in ...
Macrophages 'eat' insulin-producing cells to regulate insulin after mice have given birth
Pregnancy brings a rise in pancreatic beta cells -- the cells that produce insulin. Shortly after birth, these cells return ...
Repairing nerve cells after injury and in chronic disease
Researchers discovered a mechanism for repairing damaged nerves during peripheral neuropathy in mice, wherein the protein Mitf orchestrates nerve repair after ...