Scientists have recreated the growth of Lewy bodies in human neurons and followed their formation to gain important insight into why and how they form. Critically, they find that immune challenge is important for this process, identifying a previously …
In the clinical battle against leukemia, recent breakthroughs in chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR T) have given patients and doctors an unprecedented weapon. CAR T cell therapy has demonstrated efficacy in treating B-cell malignancies, achieving …
The recent approval of a new epinephrine nasal spray gives patients a powerful new way to keep life-threatening allergic reactions at bay.
A cancer vaccine that had little success in clinical trials for patients with advanced tumors could potentially have efficacy if administered earlier in the treatment cycle, according to a study from Vanderbilt researchers.
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a clinical condition characterized by inflammation of the pancreas, caused by the body’s hypersensitivity to its own proteins. AIP is typically accompanied by other organ inflammations such as autoimmune sialadenitis an…
In the fight against cancer, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has achieved notable success in treating blood cancers. However, it has been largely ineffective against solid tumors. A study demonstrates that a different immunotherapy appro…
In the fight against cancer, chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy has achieved notable success in treating blood cancers. However, it has been largely ineffective against solid tumors.
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that appears mainly after the age of 60. Its incidence, therefore, increases with the aging of the population. In this pathology, the bone marrow, the porous structure within the bones that produces normal blo…
Patients with a rare blood cancer that has relapsed or become resistant to treatment have shown a high response rate to a potent new immunotherapy drug, in a Peter Mac-led clinical trial.
Researchers have discovered a natural immune mechanism in mice that stops escaped cancer cells from developing into tumors elsewhere in the body.
