The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself. The discovery of these ...

A new type of cancer cell that "warrants urgent investigation" has been discovered in childhood leukemia and could impact clinical care. Research into new or repurposed treatments that target this new ...

Despite improvements in therapies, multiple myeloma (MM) is a disease that will always relapse. Why is this? What is the key to finding effective therapies to cure MM? Evan Newell, a Professor in the ...

According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death. Enrichment of regulatory T cells (T-regs) in solid cancers is generally associated with poor ...

HOUSTON – (Jan. 10, 2025) – A study published in Science Advances shares new insights into how two of the most common types of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells kill cancer. Investigators from ...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells can mediate durable complete responses in individuals with certain hematologic malignancies, but antigen downregulation is a common mechanism of resistance.

Researchers led by a team from Mass General Brigham and the Ragon Institute have discovered why some people living with HIV who are given a treatment called broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies ...