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Triple combination cancer immunotherapy improves outcomes in preclinical melanoma model
Adoptive cell transfer (ACT) is a promising cancer immunotherapy that involves isolating T cells from cancer patients that are capable of targeting their tumor, selecting the more active T cells and expanding those in the lab, and then transfusing them back into patients. ACT is already available in the clinic for some diseases — CAR… Read More: Triple combination cancer immunotherapy improves outcomes in preclinical melanoma model »
New research identifies two genes linked to serious congenital heart condition
Further research is now required to discover additional genes. It is hoped this may lead to the DNA testing of grown-up patients with ToF who are considering having a family, to give them better information on the how likely it is that they will have a child with this condition. It would also shed some… Read More: New research identifies two genes linked to serious congenital heart… »
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Prognosis by Phenotype
November 29, 2018 Share this content: Compared with the other 3 phenotypes, nonfibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis was associated with the longest event-free median survival. Compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), nonhoneycomb hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) phenotypes are associated with longer survival and greater improvements in percent-predicted forced vital capacity (FVC%), according to a study published in CHEST.… Read More: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Prognosis by Phenotype »