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Scientists Discover Surprising Immune Cell Activity That May Limit Immunotherapy
Suppressive Treg cells become even more suppressive when they die, a new study finds. Researchers have uncovered a surprising process within a key immune cell that may help explain the limitations of immunotherapy as a cancer treatment. Regulatory T cells, or Treg...
Should Cancer Patients Take Antioxidant Supplements?
While the jury is still out on antioxidant supplements in general, for people with cancer, they cause more harm than good. Antioxidants give foods like blueberries, dark chocolate and pecans their status as superfoods. These powerful chemicals can help reverse damage...
Cell Hunters: Starving Pancreatic Cancer by Targeting Cell Metabolism
Comprehending how pancreatic tumor cells thrive might be the key to new therapies and diagnostic tools. The biochemical pathways and metabolic requirements that enable tumor survival and growth may be used to design targeted cancer therapies. Costas Lyssiotis, Ph.D.,...