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CAR T cell therapy is a promising new potential treatment for cancer, but it can trigger dangerous side effects in healthy tissue. Now, researchers at the University of California San Diego have found a way to focus the treatment more precisely, by eng… Continue reading Ultrasound guides supercharged immune cells to only attack cancer
Our immune system is a powerful ally to keep us safe, but there are times when it gets a little carried away and attacks things that are trying to help us. Now, researchers have developed particles called dendrimers that are covered in tiny tentacles, … Continue reading Tiny tentacled particles could camouflage implants from immune rejection
The World Health Organization is launching a large-scale global clinical trial testing whether a trio of pre-existing drugs can be repurposed to treat those hospitalized with severe COVID-19. The project serves as the second phase of WHO’s Solidarity p… Continue reading WHO begins global trial testing trio of drugs to treat severe COVID-19
When a patient receives an organ transplant, they have to take drugs in order to keep their immune system from rejecting the organ – and those drugs often have serious side effects. Such medication may one day no longer be necessary, however, thanks to… Continue reading Blood vessel coating could make anti-rejection drugs unnecessary
New Australian research is offering a thorough look at the lasting impact of COVID-19 on immune system activity. Tracking a wide variety of biomarkers the research found immune abnormalities persisting at least six months after patients recover from ac… Continue reading Long-lasting immune abnormalities detected in recovered COVID-19 patients
Impressive new preclinical work from a team at MIT has found a combination of three experimental immunotherapy drugs could help shrink, or even eliminate, pancreatic tumors. Each of the three drugs have demonstrated safety in early-stage human trials a… Continue reading Triple-combo of drugs targeting pancreatic cancer looks to human trials
The body’s immune cells do a tremendous job of pouncing on pathogens or dangerous cells that might do us harm, attacking them with proteins and enzymes that pick apart their protective membranes. One mystery surrounding these natural killer cells is wh… Continue reading Fatty “blast shield” masks a weakness in aggressive cancer cells
Researchers at the University of Virginia may have discovered a previously unknown repair mechanism at work in the brain. Immune cells called microglia were observed moving beyond their known roles and helping injured neurons heal, potentially paving t… Continue reading New repair mechanism discovered in the brain could one day treat seizures
With no cure and treatments that focus primarily on managing symptoms and slowing progression of the disease, there is a dire need for new therapies to tackle multiple sclerosis (MS). Scientists have just made a promising discovery through experiments … Continue reading Picky protein behind inflammation offers new target for MS treatments
A big flush of funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom is pushing new research on ways to diagnose and treat long COVID. A University of Cambridge team receiving NIHR funding is now working on a blood test t… Continue reading Researchers hunt for a long COVID diagnostic blood test