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New approach generates more effective adoptive T-cell therapies faster, with fewer cells
7 days ago - By Healio
Adoptive cell therapies have proved highly effective for patients with certain advanced cancers, particularly melanoma and hematologic malignancies.
Nevertheless, the time it takes to manufacture these therapies means some patients will require additional bridging therapy or experience insurmountable disease progression. Finding a way to make cellular therapies faster and more accessible to patients is a driving force for Hannah Knochelmann, BS, a student in the MD/PhD program at Medical University of South Carolina.
Knochelmann is part of a group of researchers - including those from
Read more ...How Ovarian Cancer Cells Spread In The Abdomen
7 days ago - By Medindia Health
As ovarian cancer progresses, there is change in the mitochondria structure inside the cells that helps cancer cells to grow. Targeted treatment can be developed against this cellular adaptation.
Read more ...Intestinal Stem Cell: New Approach To Treatment
7 days ago - By Medindia Health
Specific therapies that target intestinal stem cells can help regenerate specific cells that are lost during chronic disease progression or to identify and remove intestinal cancer stem cells.
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