Immunotherapy is changing the landscape of cancer care by leveraging the body's natural defenses to combat tumors. This ...

The finding suggests other chemo drugs, too, may be making cancer cells cause a surprising immune-system reaction. Microscope image of colon cancer cells. The mouse model used in this study mimics ...

Survival rarely comes easy when pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma strikes. Most people learn of it only after it has spread, and only a small fraction reach the five-year mark. Treatments that succeed ...

A new preclinical study found that inhibiting the enzyme LSD1 can activate the skin’s immune system and suppress tumor growth ...

For years, one of the most powerful weapons against certain blood cancers, called CAR-T therapy, has required an elaborate process: Doctors extract a patient’s immune cells, ship them to a specialized ...

Scientists at UC San Diego and Sanford Burnham Prebys say combining drugs that inhibit a problem protein with immunotherapy ...

Second: Severe autoimmune conditions like lupus and multiple sclerosis often strike without warning. No one knows what ...

"The cancer cells are acting like they’re infected." ...

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a new way to reprogram T cells, which are infection and tumor-fighting white blood cells, so that ...

Reducing calorie intake helps cancer-fighting immune cells do their jobs more effectively, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators. The findings lay the groundwork for ...

Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, ...