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Tag: Immune cells
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Nation & World
Research shows working out gets inflammation-fighting T cells moving
Activated by regular exercise, immune cells in muscles found to fend off inflammation, enhance endurance in mice
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Nation & World
Exposing how pancreatic cancer does its dirty work
New research has found that pancreatic cancer actively destroys nearby blood vessels and replaces them with cancerous cells, blocking chemotherapy from reaching tumors. This insight could lead to new treatments that act by preventing cancer’s colonization of blood vessels.
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Nation & World
Making cancer vulnerable to immune attack
CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology revealed a promising new class of cancer immunotherapy.
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Nation & World
One vaccine for two strains?
Harvard Medical School researchers believe that identifying the properties of the herpes viruses found in Africa could open the door to developing a more potent vaccine against an infection now rampant in sub-Saharan Africa.
