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Checkpoint immunotherapy utilizing PD-1 blockade has become the standard of care for metastatic melanoma. While this treatment is effective in 40% of patients, the other 60% develop resistance, leading to tumor regrowth. A multidisciplinary research team led by the University of California, Irvine has identified a new strategy that could enhance the therapeutic effectiveness of this therapy by targeting the communication between immune cells within the tumor.

New research addresses a gap in understanding how ketamine's impact on individual neurons leads to pervasive and profound changes in brain network function.

A World Health Organization Essential Medicine, ketamine is widely used at varying doses for sedation, pain control, general anesthesia and as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.

Due to construction delays on the Simons Center for the Arts, the Robinson Theatre will no longer be available for Spoleto, with new venues added to the lineup.

<p>An MIT study of polyglots found the brain&rsquo;s language network responds more strongly when hearing languages a speaker is more proficient in &mdash; and much more weakly to the speaker&rsquo;s native language.</p>