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Oncology & Cancer

Major progress in fertility preservation after treatment for cancer of the lymphatic system

Young patients with advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, now have a better chance of having their own children after treatment.

Immunology

'Molecular shield' placed in the nose may soon treat common hay fever trigger

Approximately 40% of the European population are allergic to pollen, and their symptoms cause an estimated loss of 100 million school and workdays every year.

Immunology

Camel milk intake suppresses allergic asthma in mice

Research led by the Joldasbekov Institute of Mechanics and Engineering in Kazakhstan, reports that camel milk intake significantly reduced airway hyperresponsiveness and lung inflammation in a laboratory model of allergic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Discovery may explain why more men are affected by severe COVID-19

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have found another piece of the puzzle that explains why there are differences in immune responses in women and men when they get sick with COVID-19. This discovery has implications ...

Oncology & Cancer

Fat-rich fluid found to fuel immune failure in ovarian cancer

New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body's immune response in advanced ovarian cancer. The findings offer new insights ...

Oncology & Cancer

Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma

A next-generation "armored" CAR T cell therapy showed promising results in a small study of patients whose B-cell lymphomas continued to resist multiple rounds of other cancer treatments, including commercially available ...

Oncology & Cancer

Protein linked to immunotherapy resistance in kidney cancer

A protein identified by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center may drive resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors, a widely used form of immunotherapy to treat cancer. The findings, published in Communications Medicine, ...