Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists have developed an experimental strategy to give genetically engineered CAR T cells help they'd normally find within lymph nodes — but on the go, within the tumor.

Innate immune sensors—known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)—detect specific molecular components of bacterial or ...

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Researchers at the University of California San Diego and collaborators have discovered a new way to help the immune system fight ovarian cancer by changing how tumors ...

Scientists have uncovered new genetic rules that determine whether the immune system’s “killer” T cells remain powerful long-term defenders or become worn out and ineffective. By building a detailed ...

Researchers created an oral cancer vaccine using a food poisoning bacterium that helps the immune system detect and attack colorectal tumors.

Scientists have reported results from an early-stage trial of an immunotherapy drug called VIR-5500. The drug offers new hope for men with advanced prostate cancer who have stopped responding to other ...

After getting engaged, the only words the 26-year-old expected to hear were “I do.” Instead, she was told, “You have cancer.” ...

"I felt unstoppable, full of purpose and dreams. But nothing will change. All this will happen," said Rajshri Deshpande ...

The study—the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa—introduces immunotherapy into Nigeria’s fight against colorectal cancer ...

UCLA scientists have developed a next-generation CAR-T cell therapy that can overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, a protective shield that tumors use to weaken immune cells, block ...