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Not all neoantigens are created equal

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These neoantigens are identified by T cells of the immune system as foreign proteins and thus trigger an immune response. Neoantigens are recognised as non-self and trigger an immune response.

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Revolutionary nanoparticles enable gene-editing in lungs

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Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass), US, have collaborated to create a novel type of nanoparticle that can deliver messenger RNA that encodes for beneficial proteins to the lungs.

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Targeting the immunotherapy potential of cytokines IL-12 and IL-18 with new advancements in protein engineering

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Natural killer (NK) cells are another immune cell type that, as the name suggests, also have potent cell-killing activity, and have a well-known role in the anti-tumour immune response. In the context of a tumour microenvironment, Tregs are often present in high numbers, preventing an effective immune response to the tumour.

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Researchers decipher how a gut bacterium influences immunity

Broad Institute

Researchers decipher how a gut bacterium influences immunity By Corie Lok July 26, 2022 Breadcrumb Home News Researchers decipher how a gut bacterium influences immunity Study finds a molecule made by the bacterium that helps moderate immune responses. Adapted from a press release issued by Harvard Medical School.

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Laurie Glimcher

Broad Institute

She is also director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center and the Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she was the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean and Professor of Medicine of Weill Cornell Medicine and provost for medical affairs of Cornell University. Glimcher, M.D.,

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T-cell receptors offer window to the cell for a new class of cancer therapeutics

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To be therapeutically useful, antigenic peptides must be presented in a way that allows immune responses to destroy cancer cells without causing unacceptable damage to healthy tissue. Therefore, therapeutically useful tumour antigens represent a tiny fraction of the genes expressed by a tumour cell.

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Cancer immunotherapy candidate provokes powerful dual response in cancer and immune cells

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This is an unprecedented opportunity to evaluate how immune responses work,” said Robert Manguso , who is co-senior author on the study, an associate member at the Broad, and an assistant professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cancer Research and Harvard Medical School.