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New therapy harnesses patients’ blood cells to fight tumors
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New therapy harnesses patients’ blood cells to fight tumors

by Win Reynolds, Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has become a promising immunotherapy tool to help treat advanced melanoma. The therapy, which harnesses immune cells collected from the patient’s own tumors, could provide a new treatment option to cancer patients, potentially bypassing radiation therapies and harsh chemotherapy drugs. For the first...

Structures discovered in brain cancer patients can help fight tumors
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Structures discovered in brain cancer patients can help fight tumors

by  Uppsala University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered lymph node-like structures close to the tumor in brain cancer patients, where immune cells can be activated to attack the tumor. They also found that immunotherapy enhanced the formation of these structures in a mouse model. This discovery suggests new opportunities to regulate...