{"id":24856,"date":"2026-01-15T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/260114084129-htm\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T07:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:10:00","slug":"260114084129-htm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=24856","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern Medicine\u2019s new antibody wakes the immune system against pancreatic cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pancreatic cancer uses a sugar-coated disguise to evade the immune system, helping explain why it\u2019s so hard to treat. Northwestern scientists discovered this hidden mechanism and created an antibody that strips away the tumor\u2019s protective signal. In animal tests, immune cells sprang back into action and tumors grew much more slowly. The team is now refining the therapy for future human trials.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2026\/01\/260114084129.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.sciencedaily.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pancreatic cancer uses a sugar-coated disguise to evade the immune system, helping explain why it\u2019s so hard to treat. Northwestern scientists discovered this hidden mechanism and created an antibody that strips away the tumor\u2019s protective signal. In animal tests, immune cells sprang back into action and tumors grew much more slowly. The team is now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[171],"tags":[15442,1749,6417,8070,10515,12776,6378,15176],"class_list":["post-24856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-conditions","tag-antibody","tag-cancer","tag-immune","tag-medicines","tag-northwestern","tag-pancreatic","tag-system","tag-wakes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}