When thinking of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs in the ...

A new generation of CAR T cell therapy is bringing hope in the fight against cancer, targeting not only blood cancers but also solid tumors such as ovarian and breast cancer. Fraunhofer researchers ...

Immunotherapy for cancer works like a guided missile, directing the body's immune cells toward tumor cells. However, not all immune cells respond to the call to attack, and this can lead to ...

Inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s hypnotic, proliferating forms, the Cell cover artwork evokes this process through sprawling, tendril-like weeds that represent unfolded proteins accumulating within cells in ...

T cells (red) attack cancer cell (white) / Rita Elena Serda, Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, NIH Share Lights, vitamin, action. A ...

Microbes in the gut can help the immune system fight cancer, and a fiber-rich diet may be the key to unlocking those benefits, a study in mice suggests. The immune system is a key player in the body's ...

Why do some of the most advanced cancer therapies fail against solid tumors? Despite remarkable success in blood cancers, CAR-T cell treatment is much less effective against solid tumors due to the ...