The immune system relies on complex interactions between cells to orchestrate effective responses against pathogens and tumours. Among these, T cells play a pivotal role through their ability to ...

CD8 + cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) serve as central effectors in cancer immunotherapy by directly eliminating tumor cells. However, current clinical therapies face significant limitations. These ...

A new study reveals how bacteria in the gut can help determine whether the amino acid asparagine from the diet will feed tumor growth or activate immune cells against the cancer, according to ...

The fight against cancer is undergoing a paradigm shift with the emergence of innovative strategies in Cancer Immunity & Immunotherapy. These approaches harness the body's own immune system to ...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an awfully common—and awful—condition that impacts 1/4 to 1/3 of women worldwide in their lifetime. BV is triggered when the vaginal microbiome, which is normally dominated ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have found RNA neoantigen vaccines that generate long-lived, functional CD8 + T cells in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), ...

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a metabolically dynamic niche where cancer cells and immune cells interact to influence tumor progression and immune ...

Magnetic nanoparticles engineered T cells inside living mice and guided them into solid tumors, achieving over 90% tumor ...

Writing in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover and collaborators present the design and evaluation of an artificial poly-epitope sequence comprising 20 ...

Cancer immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer cells. The treatment ...

The concept of immunotherapy or boosting the body’s immune system to target tumors was first practically applied in the early ...