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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a confounding scourge. It's the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world, and yet it's estimated that those deaths represent perhaps 5% of infections with ...

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 ...