Cytokine-Labelled T Cells Boost Cancer Immunotherapies
Researchers have developed a nanotechnology-driven solution to locally enhance T-cell functions without producing unwanted systemic side effects.
Source: technologynetworks.com
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Simple method increases the efficacy of T cell therapy by cytokine conjugation
The recent years have seen a wave of adoptive cell therapies (ACTs), a type of immunotherapy in which T cells (T cell transfer therapy) and other immune cells are obtained from patients, activated and multiplied outside the body, and infused in larger numbers back into the blood circulation to help fight cancers.
Source: news-medical.net
Tiny interstellar probes could carry engineered microbes to other stars
Microbes carried by laser-propelled sails could serve as interstellar probes that can build communications stations to phone home from Alpha Centauri.
United States Alpha Centauri George Church Proxima Centauri National Institutes Of Health Center Professor Of Health Sciences
Source: space.com
Sherlock Biosciences licenses Wyss Institute's ambient
The method, integrated with highly specific CRISPR-based nucleic acid detection technology, could enable simple-to-use, portable and ultra-sensitive...
Boston University United States University Of Massachusetts Medical School Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Harvard University Tufts University
Source: globenewswire.com
A soft, on-the-fly solution to a hard, underwater problem
The deep ocean – dark, cold, under high pressure, and airless – is notoriously inhospitable to humans, yet it teems with organisms that manage to thrive…
Source: harvard.edu