St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the ...

In a paradigm-breaking study, researchers have discovered a novel way the immune system, specifically T cells, attack their ...

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

In solid tumours, such as breast and colon cancers, dendritic cells are not only rare but also defective. Without functional ...

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Cancer cells that disseminate from a tumor can enter a period of dormancy that may persist from months to decades before metastasis. Efforts to improve adjuvant therapy to remove residual cancer cells ...

Borrowing a cancer cell’s disguise, scientists shielded insulin-producing cells from attack by the immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for targeted type 1 diabetes treatments without ...