'Dual-Target' Cell Therapy Appears to Shrink Brain Tumors, Research Finds
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Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels Targeting two brain tumor-associated proteins—rather than one—with CAR T cell therapy shows promise as a strategy for reducing solid tumor growth in patients with recur…
Studies Reveal Cell-by-Cell Changes Caused When Pig Hearts and Kidneys Are Transplanted into Humans
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Surgical teams at NYU Langone Health performed the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplants into a human body in September and November 2021, and then transplanted two pig hearts in the summer of 2022. These procedures were done in patients declared dead based on neurologic criteri…
ATR Inhibition Using Gartisertib in Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Cell Lines
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Scientists Use New Approach to Disable Brain Cancer Cell's Ability to Survive
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The mTORC1 substrates 4EBP1/2 prevent cell death in response to glucose starvation in human, mouse and yeast cells. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48386-y When you disab…
Clinical Trial Begins for Novel Natural Killer Cell Therapy
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Study to Focus on Adolescents and Young Adults with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cincinnati Children’s is one of only a few centers in the nation to test a novel therapy that uses cytokine-induced memory-like natural killer …
Scientists Have Identified an Immune Cell That Can Cause Allergies
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The human body has an incredibly efficient defense mechanism known as the immune system. It’s a complex network of cells, tissues and organs that tirelessly work to protect the body from external threats. Despite its effectiveness, the immune system is not perfect. Sometimes, it can mistakenly iden…
Analysis of HPV-Positive Cells Reveals New Population Found in Cancer
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Experts at Cincinnati Children’s using single-cell sequencing technology discovered a HIDDEN compartment of cells in HPV-infected tissues present in several types of cancer Persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) leads to 5% of all cancers wor…
How COVID-19 'Breakthrough' Infections Alter Your Immune Cells
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Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample. Credit: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allerg…
Specific Nasal Cells Found to Protect Against COVID-19 in Children
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Credit: Anete Lusina from Pexels Important differences in how the nasal cells of young and elderly people respond to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, could explain why children typically experience milder COVID-…
New Technology Allows Researchers to Track Brain Cells' 'Off Switches'
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Levels of phosphorylated PDH (green) drastically increased in mouse brains cells after the mice were anesthetized for two hours (on right), showing the inhibition of the neurons. Credit: Scripps Research For decades, scientists have studied the intricate activity patterns in human and anima…