Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. Since the introduction of immunotherapy in 2011, the five-year survival rate in advanced melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased from less than 10% to more than 50%. Unfortunately, only approximately half of melanoma patients react to immunotherapy, and those who do not respond have a difficult future.
Most of the time, cells detect mutations or DNA damage and either fix them or self-destruct them.
According to a study, published in the journal Cell, researchers from the US and China provided the most detailed report of the cellular effects of a calorie-restricted diet in rats.
Scientists have identified a protein called cadherin-22, a potential factor in cancer metastasis or the spread of cancer.
Using stem cell therapy, US researchers have successfully reversed Type 1 diabetes — a chronic condition in which the pancreas…
'Human stem cells can be used to produce insulin-producing cells that in the future can be transplanted into diabetes patients'.
Early scientists used an item that was destined to be omnipresent in a laboratory — the microscope. 70-yearold Bradshaw Amos…
Scientists have found a way to create an HIV-resistant cell population that can quickly replace infected cells, a breakthrough that…
For the first time, scientists at the University of Cambridge have managed to create an artificial structure from stem cells…
