A third phase 3 trial is running in patients with lung and thymus neuroendocrine tumors, according to the release, as well as a phase 1 pediatric trial in SSTR-positive tumors. ITM is not putting ...

Brice and Amanda Dieter of Jamestown had their figurative worlds upended in October 2023. It was at this time that the ...

Ewa underwent breast surgery to remove the tumor and was initially given the all-clear. But in 2021, doctors discovered a metastasis in her thymus, leading to another complex procedure.

The team’s study results, published today in the journal Immunity, outline their discovery of a specific type of regulatory T cell that can home back into the thymus and repair the organ when it ...

A therapeutic vaccine targeting human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) induced regression in high-grade precancerous cervical lesions, according to the results from a phase II clinical trial.

The failure of the myasthenia gravis to recur despite the onset of other possibly autoimmune related diseases may indicate a need for the presence of the thymus in the production of the autoimmune ...

Brain Tumor Organoids Accurately Model Patient Response to CAR T Cell Therapy Dec. 9, 2024 — Researchers used lab-grown organoids created from tumors of individuals with glioblastoma (GBM ...

Antigen processing and presentation is the mechanism by which whole antigens are degraded and loaded onto MHC molecules for display on the cell surface for recognition by T cells. Both macrophages ...

The adrenal gland was completely replaced by tumor tissue. All bones of the body were abnormally hard, and sections for microscopical examination were removed with great difficulty. The brain ...

tumor immunology, immunotherapy and vaccine development, and the design and application of immunological techniques. The molecular and cellular mechanisms of immune regulation always attract much ...

The immune system damages myelin, forming lesions or “plaques”. Over the years, many of these plaques or scar tissue occur throughout the brain, leading to increasing disability. But can also ...

The thymus plays a pivotal role in generating a highly-diverse repertoire of T lymphocytes while preventing autoimmunity. Thymus seeding progenitors (TSPs) are a heterogeneous group of multipotent ...