cancer immunotherapy
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April 1, 2021
Breast cancer cells ‘steal’ nutrients from immune cells: study
Triple-negative breast cancer cells engage in a “glutamine steal” — outcompeting T cells for the nutrient glutamine and impairing their ability to kill tumor cells, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. -
August 20, 2020
A “torque” for tumor blood vessels
Vanderbilt scientists have discovered a new target for normalizing tumor blood vessels to improve cancer immunotherapies. -
June 4, 2020
Potential new cancer target
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered the involvement of a certain type of adenosine receptor in mediating signaling that supports tumor growth and metastasis. -
February 27, 2020
Patient’s cancer treatment includes new immunotherapy
Dona Potter, 87, rode Harleys and drove 18-wheelers back when men dominated the open highways, and she is still defying expectations. -
August 22, 2019
New prostate cancer treatment concept
Combining immunotherapy and radiation therapy may be a powerful treatment approach for castration-resistant prostate cancer. -
July 22, 2019
Encephalitis identified as rare toxicity of immunotherapy treatment
Researchers are chronicling rare but serious toxicities that may occur with immune checkpoint inhibitors, the most widely prescribed class of immunotherapies. -
February 21, 2019
Discovery points to new cancer immunotherapy option
An international team involving Vanderbilt researchers has discovered that a new “checkpoint” protein on immune system cells is active in tumors, and that blocking it — in combination with other treatments — is a successful therapeutic approach in mouse models of cancer.