MIT and Harvard scientists have created engineered CAR-NK cells that can hide from the immune system and more effectively destroy cancer. The cells are designed to suppress immune-rejection signals ...

Source: Getty Images This fact sheet explains how squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is staged and describes each stage. The stage of squamous cell carcinoma depends on how large the tumor is, how deeply ...

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself. The discovery of these ...

CHICAGO — Scientists searching for nutrients that bolster the immune system have identified an unexpected candidate: zeaxanthin, a pigment found in corn, spinach, and egg yolks that is commonly ...

One in four adults suffer a stroke in their lifetime, leaving around half of them with residual damage such as paralysis or speech impairment because internal bleeding or a lack of oxygen supply kill ...

Takeda is looking to offload its cell therapy platform and preclinical assets to a yet-unidentified external partner. 137 employees will be let go as part of the move. Takeda will no longer invest in ...

CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy showed potential in treating patients with refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), with B-cell depletion and disease activity reduction ...

Takeda is tapping out of the cell therapy arena as part of a "strategic portfolio reprioritization," with 137 roles at the drugmaker's Massachusetts R&D site affected. The company is seeking a partner ...

Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, detailed how US ...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, which uses a patient's own immune cells to fight cancer, has emerged as a powerful way to treat lymphoma and other blood cancers. But researchers have ...

The method could one day become a treatment for infertility A decade of further research needed, scientists say The process overcomes an obstacle that stymied previous attempts Significant safety ...

Cellphones seized by jail staff inside of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. United State Attorney's Office for South Carolina The Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal allowing ...