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A multi-institutional team of investigators has discovered that targeting a specific protein interaction within immunosuppressive breast cancer cells may increase antitumor immune responses, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Mashup Score: 3Cancer Drug Trial Provides Lessons for Future - 8 day(s) ago
A cancer drug was found to be ineffective in preventing recurrence of kidney cancer in patients who recently underwent tumor removal surgery, according to a clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that inhibiting a chromatin remodeling complex associated with a particular gene in small-cell lung cancer cells may decrease cancer cell differentiation and tumor growth, according to findings published in Nature Communications.
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Mashup Score: 13Novel Mechanism Supports Antitumor Response and T-cell Survival - 25 day(s) ago
A recent Northwestern Medicine study has discovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism that supports antitumor responses and cell survival in cytotoxic immune cells, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Mashup Score: 34
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, vice chair and Mary Harris Thompson Professor of Preventive Medicine and co-chair of the Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure Committee at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, effective September 1.
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Northwestern scientists have developed a new soft, flexible, battery-free implant that allows patients and physicians to monitor bladder fullness in real time.
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Mashup Score: 30Novel Role for Metabolites in Cellular Metabolism Discovered - 1 month(s) ago
Investigators led by Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD, have discovered how cellular metabolism fluctuates in response to changes in levels of pyrimidines, metabolites used by cells to make DNA and RNA, according to a recent study published in Science.
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Mashup Score: 6Predicting Infection Risk in Childhood Cancer - 1 month(s) ago
A model can accurately predict the risk of bloodstream infections in a subset of children with cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Mashup Score: 8Investigating Mechanisms of Aggressive Glioblastoma Tumor Growth - 1 month(s) ago
Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a metabolism-related gene that may play a role in recruiting immune cells to support the growth of aggressive brain tumors, according to a study recently published in Nature Communications.
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Mashup Score: 7Novel Immune Inhibitor Associated with Glioma Progression - 1 month(s) ago
Northwestern Medicine investigators led by Amy Heimberger, MD, PhD, have discovered a new mechanism in which cancer-associated fibroblasts are associated with tumor grade and mediate immune suppression in glioma tumors.
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A novel strategy for targeting immunosuppressive #breastcancer cells may promote antitumor immunity in #TNBC and slow progression, according to findings from Lurie Cancer Center's @BinZhang_NU in @jclinicalinvest. https://t.co/ZRTroE2D2D #BCSM