The ability of immune cells—particularly CD8 + T cells—to launch a rapid burst of proliferation inside tumors is key to the success of modern day cancer immunotherapies. However, the factors and ...

Lipid nanoparticles without drugs can make some cancer cells swell and burst, offering a new way to target tumors resistant to existing treatments. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The ability to selectively ...

Scientists from Tokyo University of Science, Japan, have identified a set of ‘signature’ genes that can determine whether cancer-fighting T cells will multiply or stall within the tumor. Their ...

Drawing of Purkinje cells (A) and granule cells (B) from pigeon cerebellum by Ramón y Cajal, 1899. Source: Santiago Ramón y Cajal/Public Doman A new study by researchers in India has discovered that ...