Studies have shown that cancer cells can 'trick' the immune system into believing they are healthy and prevent themselves ...

One of the difficulties is identifying the elements that truly influence the tumour's ability to grow, lead researcher Mikael ...

Cancer immunotherapy has advanced the field of medicine and cancer care. Specifically, immunotherapy refers to the targeted treatment of the immune system. Over the last few decades, immunotherapy has ...

Viruses have spent billions of years perfecting the art of invading cells, hijacking their machinery and spreading with ...

A team of health and medical researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Sweden has tested the possibility of reprogramming cancer cells into cDC1 cells as a means for destroying the ...

New therapy reprograms immune cells inside tumors to attack cancer, bypassing traditional cell therapy manufacturing ...

Stimulating a key metabolic pathway in T cells can make them work more effectively against tumors when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, according to a preclinical study led by ...

Leuven, 11 March 2025 – Solid tumors often provide a challenging environment for the T cells of our immune system. By reprogramming the metabolism of T cells, scientists at the VIB-KU Leuven Center ...