immune system
Autoimmune Diseases Stopped in Their Tracks by Donor Cell Therapy
Posted in Science on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
Using the gene editor CRISPR-Cas9, the team wiped out five genes in the donor T cells to prevent them from attacking host cells and protect them from the host's immune system.
NHS offers first drug targeting advanced breast cancers driven by BRCA gene mutations
Posted in Medicine, Science on 26th Jan, 2024
by Alex Muller
Talazoparib (Talzenna) will become the NHS’s first targeted treatment for advanced breast cancers caused by mutations to BRCA genes
Scientists reworked an experimental cancer therapy to treat autoimmune disease
Posted in Medicine on 28th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
For reasons scientists have not been able to figure out yet, the immune response mistakenly attacks its own healthy cells, struggling to distinguish between ally and enemy.
Drug combination elicits efficacious anti-tumor immunity against immunotherapy-resistant cancers
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
Some patients still either don't respond to immunotherapy, or if they do, the effects are temporary, which highlights how crucial it is that we better understand the mechanisms leading to cancers resisting this kind of treatment.
Immune Protein Discovery Points To New Heart Disease Treatment
Posted in Medicine on 18th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller
This new study set out to explore the potential for suPAR to be a causal agent in cardiovascular disease using three different approaches.