Study Links Methylmalonic Acid to Weakening of Immune Cells in Lung Cancer Oct. 31, 2024 — A new study has found a surprising link between high levels of methylmalonic acid and the weakening of ...

Following the discovery of inhibitory KIR and the understanding that they play a role in preventing NK cell killing of self MHC I-expressing tumor cells, investigators began to research the ...

4Research Unit of NK Cell Study, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences ... 6Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China. 7Department of Oncology, Shanghai ...

One important consideration in multi-stage cell design is how to determine the appropriate transistor sizes for the input stage while the output stage drive is increased. For example, consider an 8x ...

Kidney cancer happens when cells in one or both kidneys start to grow out of control. Eventually, the cells become a mass called a tumor. As the cancer progresses, it can spread to other parts of the ...

Korean researchers have developed a technology that treats colon cancer by converting cancer cells into a state resembling normal colon cells. Listen to Story Researchers in South Korea have developed ...

Upon activation, NK cells secrete cytotoxic perforin and granzyme molecules to facilitate killing of tumor cells and virus-infected cells. In addition, they secrete cytokines that may influence other ...

Scientists found that healthy women can carry genetic changes in their breast cells that are thought to be characteristic of invasive breast cancer. Most cancer cells have too many or too few ...

The study, published today in the journal Nature Immunology, focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells, an effective therapy against cancer, especially leukemia and lymphoma. T cells, a ...

Coley’s reasoning was that infection could trigger the immune system to fight cancer. That idea ... So-called natural killer cells and macrophages can also identify and destroy cancerous ...