Natural killer cells, or NK cells, are elements of the immune system capable of rapidly locating and destroying cancerous or ...

Yale researchers have uncovered a way to make a type of white blood cells known as natural killer cells — which kill infected, damaged, or malignant cells in the body — more effective against cancer.

Chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR-NK) cell therapy is emerging as a promising next-generation immunotherapy with ...

Fasting for 24 hours twice a week boosts the cancer-fighting abilities of specific immune cells called natural killer cells, according to a new study. The findings open up a number of options for ...

Cell-based immunotherapies have transformed cancer treatment, yet their widespread use remains constrained by safety risks, ...

Top experts have developed new 'natural killer' cells to fight off cancer and lower the risk of disastrous immune effects. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of ...

These findings suggest that KIR2DS2-positive (KIR2DS2+) natural killer (NK) cells could be an attractive therapeutic target for in vivo strategies, although enhanced effector function is lost during ...

Periods of fasting reprogram the immune system’s natural killer cells to better fight cancer, according to a new study in mice from researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Fasting ...

In a study that further corroborated these observations, scientists found that cyclic fasting in mice improved their antitumor responses mediated by natural killer (NK) cells. 4 The results, published ...

For years, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have led the way in cell-based immunotherapy, offering hope to many patients with certain blood cancers. But now, researchers believe the ...

ANKL is a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer affecting a type of white blood cell called natural killer (NK) cells. In ANKL, the NK cells are abnormal and multiply out of control, crowding out ...