T Cell Can Accurately Distinguish Antigen For Strong Immune Response, More Effective Cancer Immunotherapy [Study]

Medicine & Technology Sep 06, 2022

A recent study from Stanford University found a new way to distinguish the antigen that can help strengthen one's immune response. Read more to know how this new study can help in developing more effective cancer immunotherapy.

Fatty Diets Feed Cancer and Starve Immune Cells

Dec 11, 2020

Study reveals that fat starves immune cells and hinder them from targeting tumors.

Intraoperative Radiotherapy Eyed as Alternative to Conventional Breast Cancer Treatment Techniques

Aug 20, 2020

A new study has demonstrated that a 30-minute radiotherapy technique employed by administering a spherical intrabeam device in the affected part of the body could potentially be as effective as existing conventional therapy procedures. This is after researchers found no significant differences between the methods.

Artificially Designed Virus That Attacks Cancer Tumor Cells, Developed By Scientists

May 31, 2017

Researchers developed artificial viruses that trigger the body's defense system to attack cancer cells.

Supercomputers End Traditional Development Process to Discover New Chemotherapy Drugs

May 02, 2017

Researchers have found a way to improve medical treatment, shifting to supercomputers to assist their journey to find new chemotherapy drugs.

New Therapy Strips Cancer Cells of their Immortality

May 14, 2015

Cancer's deadly calling card has always been its cells' ability to replicate with abandon. Scientists continue to seek effective means of destroying cancer cells, while at the same time, protecting the healthy cells of the body. New research may have found a way to do just that. By stripping the malignant cells of their immortality.

Cuban Lung Cancer Vaccine Coming Ashore in the US

May 13, 2015

Just months after the White House announced plans to normalize relations with Cuba, an exciting research partnership is in the works, which just might prolong the lives of those suffering from lung cancer.