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New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering scientists suggests that a way to improve immunotherapy is by altering immune cells’ access to sugar.
Cancer cells and immune cells share something in common: They both love sugar.
Sugar is an important nutrient. All cells use sugar as a vital source of energy and building blocks. For immune cells, gobbling up sugar is a good thing, since it means getting enough nutrients to grow and divide for stronger immune responses. But cancer cells use sugar for more nefarious ends.
So, what happens when tumor cells and immune cells battle for access to the same supply of sugar? That’s the central question that Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers Taha Merghoub, Jedd Wolchok, and Roberta Zappasodi explore in a new study published February 15 in the journal
New Global Coalition Aims to Eliminate Structural Barriers to Fight Cancer Crisis in Resource-Limited Countries in Africa
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Collaboration on Implementation Science Research in Global Oncology awards $500,000 to eight country-specific pilot projects in quest to develop sustainable best practices We have to look across the spectrum of cancer care capacity building and select certain projects to pilot in different countries, evaluate how they work and, if we, can replicate them in other countries,” said Ute Dugan, MD, co-founder of CIRGO. CHICAGO (PRWEB) February 09, 2021 A group of global oncology organizations have joined forces to establish the Collaboration on Implementation Science Research in Global Oncology (CIRGO) to improve the coordination of cancer care systems in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa.
ImaginAb and NEUVOGEN Announce Licensing Agreement for CD8 ImmunoPET Technology
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LOS ANGELES and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ImaginAb Inc, a leading global provider of immuno-oncology imaging agents and NEUVOGEN, an immuno-oncology company developing next generation therapeutic whole cell cancer vaccines, announced they have signed a multi-year non-exclusive licensing agreement.
Under the terms of the agreement, ImaginAb will work with NEUVOGEN to implement clinical doses of 89Zr CD8 Immuno-PET imaging agents into their therapeutic vaccine clinical trials, and provide technical and clinical support to NEUVOGEN s development teams. ImaginAb will receive license fees and other contingent payments. No other terms were disclosed.
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Tmunity Announces Appointment of Jeffrey Leiden M.D., Ph.D. as Chairman of the Board of Directors
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PHILADELPHIA (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 25, 2021
Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company specifically designed to deliver on the bold promise to ‘uncancer the world’ by creating the best T cell medicines for solid tumor patients, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Leiden, M.D., Ph.D., as Non-Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors.
“I am thrilled to welcome Jeff as Chair of our board of directors as 2021 will be a transformative year for Tmunity with our continued rapid advancement of our clinical and preclinical oncology portfolio. We wanted to bring on an equally transformative leader to chair our board, a physician-scientist who is passionate about translating scientific advances into breakthrough therapies for our patients,