Researchers Uncover Protein That Helps Tumors Evade Immune System
T lymphocyte (orange) attached to a cancer cell (blue), illustration [Roger Harris/Science Photo Library/Getty Images]
June 3, 2021
T lymphocyte (orange) attached to a cancer cell (blue), illustration [Roger Harris/Science Photo Library/Getty Images]
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Different types of immunotherapy work in different ways. Some immunotherapy treatments help the immune system stop or slow the growth of cancer cells. Others help the immune system destroy cancer cells or stop the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body. A new mouse study by researchers at the Francis Crick Institute demonstrates a potential new immunotherapy target. The researchers uncovered a protein that aids tumors evade the immune system.
devastating, one of Britain s top researchers said.
Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, lost about £160 million (Dh803m) in income over the past year as public donations plummeted. This
affected research projects, with the organisation unable to fund scores of schemes that it would have supported. Effects are likely to be felt for several years. It s been devastating, said Prof Caetano Reis e Sousa, a Fellow of the Royal Society who leads a team at The Francis Crick Institute, a centre in London with about 1,250 scientists.
We’re wholly reliant on fundraising, so where people’s personal finances are under pressure, we see that come through in our income
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Scientists solve key mystery of the human immune response
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Dendritic cells are white blood cells named for their tree-like appearance. They help inform T-cells, another type of immune cell, about the infected cells. Photo courtesy of the Francis Crick Institute
Dec. 21 (UPI) For the first time, scientists have observed the technique that dendritic cells use to inform T-cells about the threat of disease.
The breakthrough, detailed Monday in the journal Nature Immunology, could help medical researchers develop new immunotherapy treatments for cancer and other maladies.
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Dendritic cells are a type of immune cell responsible for presenting evidence of an invading pathogen to T-cells, which perform a variety of immune-related functions, including the recruitment of other types of infection-fighting antibodies.