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Released: 2-Dec-2024 9:10 AM EST
Unexpected Findings in Study of T Cells Considered Front-Line Fighters Against Advanced Melanoma
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Yale researchers made an unexpected discovery—turncoat T cells that help a tumor evade other cancer-fighting immune T cells—in a study of patients living with advanced melanoma that was published Nov. 28 in Nature Immunology.

Released: 27-Nov-2024 10:05 AM EST
Rutgers Inventors Honored with Edison Patent Awards in Industrial Processes, Medical Diagnostics Categories
Rutgers University's Office for Research

A catalyst that converts waste CO₂ to chemical products. A monoclonal antibody that could revolutionize the detection of tuberculosis. Both innovations were developed at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and both received 2024 Edison Patent Awards at the annual Research & Development (R&D) Council of New Jersey (RDNJ) banquet.

Newswise: Research Pathologist Wins National Award for AI-Powered Immuno-Oncology Tool That Predicts Lung Cancer Treatment Outcomes
Released: 26-Nov-2024 3:15 PM EST
Research Pathologist Wins National Award for AI-Powered Immuno-Oncology Tool That Predicts Lung Cancer Treatment Outcomes
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Research pathologist wins national award for AI-powered immuno-oncology tool that predicts lung cancer treatment outcomes

Released: 26-Nov-2024 12:10 PM EST
2024 WORLD AIDS DAY: Collective Action Needed to End HIV/AIDS, Common Ground for Divided Nation
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

This World AIDS Day Sunday, December 1, the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH) along with the Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is calling all sectors to act.

Released: 26-Nov-2024 9:35 AM EST
Moffitt Study Shows How Cancer Cell Death May Harm the Immune System and Promote Tumor Growth
Moffitt Cancer Center

A new study has uncovered an unexpected way cancer cells can escape the immune system, making it harder for treatments to work. The study, published in Cancer Cell, explains how a type of cancer cell death can actually make tumors grow faster by turning off the immune system’s ability to fight the cancer.

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Released: 22-Nov-2024 2:35 PM EST
Detroit Health Professionals Urge the Community to Act and Address the Dangers of Antimicrobial Resistance
Wayne State University Division of Research

Wayne State University's Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (CEID) is launching its participation in World AMR Awareness Week with an urgent message: the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance requires immediate community action, so it is critical to educate, advocate, and act now.

19-Nov-2024 4:50 PM EST
New Research Shows Younger and Middle-Aged Adults Have Worse Long COVID Symptoms Than Older Adults
Northwestern Medicine

Since older adults have been more severely affected by acute COVID-19, researchers have hypothesized that older adults may have worse long COVID symptoms as well. But according to new research published in the Annals of Neurology, an official journal of the American Neurological Association, Northwestern Medicine researchers found on an average of 10 months after COVID-19 onset, younger (ages 18-44) and middle-aged (ages 45-64) adults had worse neurologic symptoms of long COVID than adults 65 and older. Symptoms included headache, numbness and tingling, problems with smell and taste, blurred vision, depression, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue and a decrease in cognitive function. These symptoms occurred regardless of if the patient had mild or severe COVID-19 infections.

Released: 21-Nov-2024 2:45 PM EST
UVA Health Tests Focused Ultrasound to Battle Deadly Melanoma
UVA Health

A research team at UVA Health is testing the ability of focused ultrasound to increase the immune response to immunotherapy in melanoma. UVA’s work with focused ultrasound already has led to life-changing new treatments for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor and pushed the technology to the forefront of medical research.

Newswise: Scientists Implicate a Novel Cellular Protein in Hepatitis A Infection
Released: 21-Nov-2024 1:20 PM EST
Scientists Implicate a Novel Cellular Protein in Hepatitis A Infection
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Scientists have long been trying to tease apart hepatitis A virus, to understand its inner workings and how it functions in the human body. Infectious disease researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have discovered that a little-known protein, PDGFA-associated protein 1 (PDAP1), is used as a pawn by hepatitis A virus to replicate and infect cells in the liver.

Newswise: Wistar Institute Researchers Discover New Combination Therapy Approach for Metastatic Ovarian Cancer
Released: 21-Nov-2024 1:15 PM EST
Wistar Institute Researchers Discover New Combination Therapy Approach for Metastatic Ovarian Cancer
Wistar Institute

The Wistar Institute scientists have discovered a new approach to treating ovarian cancer that, in preclinical laboratory testing, shrinks tumors and improves survival rates while simultaneously making tumors more receptive to chemotherapy treatment.

Newswise: MSK Research Highlights, November 21, 2024
Released: 21-Nov-2024 12:10 PM EST
MSK Research Highlights, November 21, 2024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)& investigates how pancreatic cancer cells regulate their genome to avoid immune attack; shows promise against glioblastoma in mouse models; and develops a new method to study cancer evolution.

Released: 20-Nov-2024 11:00 AM EST
How Protective Antibodies Get in Malaria’s Way
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

In work published in Nature, researchers’ structural insights help reveal a weak spot in malaria’s plan of attack which could help guide vaccine design.

Newswise: New Research Could Pave Way for Vaccine Against Deadly Wildlife Disease
Released: 19-Nov-2024 3:35 PM EST
New Research Could Pave Way for Vaccine Against Deadly Wildlife Disease
Michigan State University

Sean Crosson, a Professor Rudolph Hugh Endowed Chair in Michigan State University’s Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the cause of that very disease, Brucella abortus.

Released: 19-Nov-2024 12:25 PM EST
La Jolla Institute for Immunology Launches New International Research Partnership with Link Campus University
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and Link Campus University of Rome, Italy, and have signed a collaborative agreement as part of a strategic program aimed at promoting scientific research and innovation between the United States and Italy.

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Released: 18-Nov-2024 11:10 AM EST
Cómo Mantener a los Mayores Fuera del Hospital Durante la Temporada de la Gripe
Cedars-Sinai

La influenza puede ser una enfermedad desagradable de una semana de duración y un inconveniente para muchas personas, pero puede tener consecuencias graves para los adultos mayores.

Released: 18-Nov-2024 10:15 AM EST
SLU Study: Immune Dysfunction Increases Cancer Risk in Obese Populations
Saint Louis University

Ryan Teague, Ph.D., professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Saint Louis University’s School of Medicine, and his team are now trying to uncover the exact mechanism underlying the metabolic dysfunctions associated with obesity that directly impact T-cell function.



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